Watch Gurmukh Bhasin's free masterclass in vehicle design
Discover the Star Citizen concept artist's 3D workflow at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch online for free.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
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Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Basefount ships Miarmy 5.2
Maya crowd simulation software gets new blendshape pipeline for handling facial animation, plus new tools for editing simulation caches.
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Redshift devs release Redshift for Houdini
New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes.
Saturday, February 18th, 2017
Download Kungfujackrabbit Studio's 12 free Arnold shaders
Get 12 free metal, plastic and glass shaders for Arnold and Maya 2017, all licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 12th, 2017
Get four free Renderpeople 3D character models
Updated: New figures are fully rigged for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D. All are licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 12th, 2017
Watch VFX breakdowns of the 2017 VES Award winners
Discover how this year's best VFX projects were created, from The Jungle Book to Game of Thrones.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2017
StratusCore launches one-stop cloud service for CG artists
Rent complete virtual workstations loaded with 2D or 3D software and on-demand rendering and storage.
Friday, February 3rd, 2017
Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders
Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.4
CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Eye candy: the 2017 Miarmy crowd simulation reel
See amazing work being created with the Maya crowd simulator, including epic VFX from Ant-Man and San Andreas.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Microsoft buys Simplygon
Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017