Autodesk to stop issuing activation codes for older apps

Activation to cease for the 2010 editions this year; then for most Autodesk software more than three versions old in 2021.

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

Master volumetric effects in Houdini

Discover how to create clouds, smoke and fog with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed masterclass.

Saturday, June 22nd, 2019

Basefount ships Miarmy 7.0

Maya crowd simulation tool now supports a wider range of character rigs for crowd agents. Viewport and rendering performance improved.

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

Watch a free masterclass on designing futuristic vehicles

See concept designer Gurmukh Bhasin's 150-minute talk at Gnomon next week, or watch it free online.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut

Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.

Thursday, June 6th, 2019

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2

Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019

Next Limit ships RealFlow 10.5

Standalone edition of the fluid simulation software gets a new Macro daemon to mimic the look of high-speed liquid photography.

Monday, June 3rd, 2019

Learn to create complex patterns in Substance Designer

Master workflows for detailing environment models with Santa Monica Studio artist Nate Stephens' new Gnomon tutorial.

Monday, May 27th, 2019

PSD to 3D turns Photoshop sketches into 3D scenes

Convert your 2D drawings into animatable 3D meshes in Maya with e→d films' neat new tool.

Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

Esri ships CityEngine 2019.0

Procedural city generation software gets support for PBR materials, glTF export, improved integration with Houdini and Unreal Studio.

Thursday, May 16th, 2019

Review: BOXX APEXX T3 workstation

Jason Lewis puts this powerful 3D workstation through a battery of real-world DCC benchmark tests.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019

New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR

Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.

Tuesday, May 14th, 2019

Epic Games buys Twinmotion

Intuitive real-time architectural visualisation tool now free to download until 2020 - including use in commercial work.

Monday, May 13th, 2019