Check out neat retopology tool QuadRemesher
Updated: now available for Blender. Exoside's new tool turns messy models into clean all-quad meshes.
Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
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Andrei Sarmadac and Kun Shi release Rocket 3F 1.8
Streamlined modeling software gets new portable edition that can be run from a flash drive.
Friday, September 20th, 2019
Appleseed team releases appleseed 2.1
Open-source physically based renderer gets Cryptomatte support. neat new sampling control system.
Monday, September 16th, 2019
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R21
Release scraps the four lower-end editions of the software and introduces new subscription plans. See all of the new features here.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
Master lighting CG portraits with Gnomon's new tutorial
Discover how to recreate real-world studio lighting set-ups to render compelling character art.
Monday, August 26th, 2019
Alienbrain releases Alienbrain 2019
Artist-focused version control system gets native UE4 integration, new annual subscription pricing.
Monday, August 26th, 2019
Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 3.5
Sizeable update to the Maya fur and feathers plugin adds support for Alembic and OpenColorIO, plus new volumetric hair guide model.
Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R3 and PlantFactory R3
Vue gets new orthographic camera and support for V-Ray Next; both apps get better Substance support.
Monday, August 19th, 2019
See 10 great VFX breakdowns from the 2019 V-Ray showreel
See breakdowns of 10 key movies, TV series and ads created in V-Ray from Chaos Group's 2019 showreel.
Monday, August 12th, 2019
Shotgun Software launches Shotgun Create
Production tracking system gets artist-friendly desktop app with built-in comparative review tools.
Monday, August 12th, 2019
AMD releases Radeon ProRender 2.0 for Blender
AMD ships new version of the free GPU renderer for Blender 2.80, plus update to the Maya plugin.
Saturday, August 3rd, 2019
Autodesk unveils Arnold 5.4
Update to the renderer adds initial support for OSL and OpenVDB in Arnold GPU, plus new Clip Geo shader for rendering cutaways.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.
Monday, July 29th, 2019