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

Get handy free VFX pipeline management tool Prism

Open-source app handles common asset and render management tasks. Integrates with Blender, Max, Maya, Houdini, Nuke.

Sunday, April 29th, 2018

Gnomon ships 3D Scan and Retopology for Production

New nine-hour tutorial provides a detailed guide to generating animatable character meshes via photogrammetry.

Friday, April 27th, 2018

Vicon ships Shōgun 1.2

Now available: optical mocap firm's utility software gets SDI support, custom skeleton solving, plus live link to stream data directly to UE4.

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

Allegorithmic ships Substance for 3ds Max 1.0

New free Substance integration plugin for 3ds Max now out of beta and ready for use in production.

Friday, April 13th, 2018

AMD ships Radeon ProRender plugins for macOS

Free GPU-based renderer available for Blender and Maya on Macs. Now supports volumetrics, too.

Monday, April 9th, 2018

What smart studios look for when buying CG hardware

Advertorial: Nice Shoes CTO Robert Keske reveals what governs the award-winning studio's choice of new technology.

Monday, April 9th, 2018