Master VFX workflows for games in Unreal Engine

Riot Games artist Jeremy Griffith's detailed Gnomon tutorial provides over nine hours of UE4 training.

Friday, June 22nd, 2018

Foundry ships Modo 12.1

Varied update adds new integrated VR viewport, new hard-surface animation options, improved modelling and UV packing tools.

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Google open-sources Seurat

Updated: Free tech converts offline renders to 3D geometry for use in mobile VR. Has exporters for Maya, Unity, UE4 - and now 3ds Max.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

Download free Houdini motion graphics toolset MOPs

Neat set of open-source assets streamlines the creation of common motion graphics effects.

Saturday, June 16th, 2018

Allegorithmic updates Substance Source library

Updated: Online library hosts 1,000+ materials in Substance format, designed for PBR workflows. Download some for free.

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

AAA Studio makes FurryBall RT renderer available 'free'

GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D now discontinued, but still available for a "symbolic price" of €29/year.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

Chaos Group on V-Ray Next and the future of rendering

V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

BabylonDreams releases vrscene GUI

Handy new utility for editing V-Ray .vrscene files lets users adjust render settings on the fly or split jobs into batches.

Friday, May 25th, 2018

Rizom-Lab ships RizomUV 2018 VS and RizomUV 2018 RS

UV tools formerly known as Unfold3D get new automated unwrapping system and texel density controls.

Thursday, May 24th, 2018

Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 1.15

Promising new crowd-simulation tool for Maya and Houdini gets support for cloth and dynamic fur.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

LuxRender reborn as LuxCoreRender 2.0

Open-source renderer gets faster hybrid and spectral rendering, support for resumable renders.

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Appleseed team releases appleseed 1.9

Open-source renderer adds image denoising, random walk SSS, neat camera shutter curve and light path recording systems.

Monday, May 14th, 2018

Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.3

Check out the newly updated Maya soft tissue plugin, then download this free 'jellyphant' test character.

Saturday, May 12th, 2018