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

Esri ships CityEngine 2018.0

Procedural 3D city-generation tool gets greater integration with Unreal Studio for VR work, new option to distribute geometry along curves.

Friday, May 11th, 2018

Online documentation for V-Ray Next for Max goes live

Check out all the new features of the upcoming release, plus a demo of volume rendering on the GPU.

Friday, May 4th, 2018

Unity 2018.1 is now shipping. Check out the highlights here

It's a huge update, so get up to speed faster with our run-down of the key features for CG artists.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

World Machine 3021 ships

Latest update to the terrain generator adds support for JPEG and EXR files and fixes a lot of long-standing workflow issues.

Thursday, May 3rd, 2018

Autodesk makes SketchBook free for individual artists

Powerful sketching tool for concept design and illustration now free on Windows, OS X, Android and iOS.

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018

Foundry unveils Athera, its new cloud-based VFX platform

Updated: new service aims to let users run a full VFX studio via a web browser. Pricing now revealed.

Monday, April 30th, 2018