SideFX releases Houdini 16.5

Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Fabric Software announces Fabric Engine 2.6

Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.

Friday, August 4th, 2017

Allegorithmic stops 'major numbered versions' of its tools

Big annual releases of Substance Designer and Painter replaced with continuous updates, but you can still own outright.

Monday, May 8th, 2017

Alexey Vanzhula releases Flux HDA for Houdini

Updated: Create complex real-time Booleans with this neat new tool. Also works in Maya and Cinema 4D via Houdini Engine.

Wednesday, April 26th, 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

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

Best Christmas and New Year discounts for CG artists

Check out our seasonal list of money-saving offers on CG tools including 3D-Coat, Arion, Mari, Modo and Xfrog.

Friday, December 23rd, 2016

Check out 3ds Max scene management tool Vexus

Now shipping: JokerMartini and Boomer Labs' node graph editor simplifies scene setup for assembly and rendering.

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.1

Update extends tools dev platform's Canvas visual programming system. Long-awaited Modo plugin now officially in beta.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

The Foundry releases Mari Indie 3.0

New update to $150 edition of Mari for game artists loosens restrictions on bit depth and object count.

Wednesday, February 10th, 2016

Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 3 R2

Updated: Free R2 update adds new edge wear presets, Quixel-like Dynamask system to the powerful collection of Mari tools.

Friday, January 22nd, 2016

Best Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2015 CG discounts

We round up 50 seasonal deals on CG tools, including Modo, Corona, LightWave, Painter and Poser Pro.

Monday, November 30th, 2015