Discover how to model and render an ultra-realistic spider

Master advanced creature design techniques in ZBrush, Maya and Yeti with Gnomon's detailed guide.

Monday, May 25th, 2020

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for Houdini Update 1

First update to the Houdini edition of the renderer adds support for custom AOVs and debug shading.

Thursday, May 21st, 2020

AMD unveils Radeon ProRender 2.0

SDK update to the free, hardware-agnostic GPU renderer promises faster rendering on CPU plus GPU.

Monday, May 18th, 2020

AMD releases Radeon ProRender for Unreal Engine

Free plugin enables GPU path tracing and 'full spectrum rendering' in UE4 on AMD GPUs.

Saturday, May 16th, 2020

Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 4.8 for 3ds Max

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max edition of the shattering and rigid body dynamics plugin.

Friday, May 15th, 2020

Rizom-Lab ships RizomUV 2020.0 VS and RS

UV unwrapping and packing tools get Photoshop-style system for distributing UV islands, new autosave feature.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2020

10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.25

See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2020

Discover how to create a stylised female character

See DNEG's Crystal Bretz reveal her ZBrush, Maya & Mari workflows in Gnomon's detailed new tutorial.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2020

CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 9.5

Clothing design tool gets new auto-retopology system to generate quad meshes; new 3D avatars.

Thursday, April 30th, 2020

NewTek ships LightWave 2020

3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library.

Friday, April 24th, 2020

Uppercut unveils its U-Render 2020 product roadmap

Cinema 4D real-time render engine to get support for particle rendering and SSS - and a new Maya edition.

Saturday, April 18th, 2020

Adobe releases Substance Designer 2020.1

Material-authoring tool gets new keyboard shortcut editor, revamped PBR render node, MaterialX plugin.

Thursday, April 9th, 2020

Ziva Dynamics makes Ziva VFX Academic licences free

Powerful Maya soft tissue simulation plugin now available free to students and educators.

Wednesday, April 8th, 2020