ArmorPaint 0.8 ships
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
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Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs - 2021
See how Nvidia and AMD's current pro GPUs perform in real-world tests, from modeling to rendering.
Thursday, October 14th, 2021
Get the free RenderMan for Substance Painter 24.1 plugin
Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Epic Games buys Sketchfab
Unreal Engine dev acquires the leading 3D model portfolio service and library of AR-ready content. Fees cut on the Sketchfab store.
Thursday, July 22nd, 2021
Get neat free photogrammetry app PhotoCatch
New app based on Apple's Object Capture API turns photos into textured OBJ or USDZ models.
Monday, June 28th, 2021
Sketchbook is no longer owned by Autodesk
Veteran free digital sketching app for Mac, PC, iOS and Android gets spun off to a new independent firm.
Friday, June 25th, 2021
D5 Render 1.9 ships
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Godot 3.3 ships
Unexpectedly major update to the game engine adds a new web editor, new CPU lightmapper, and native support for Apple's M1 chips.
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
How I started a new VFX studio with Nuke Indie
[Promotion] NOX VFX founder Henrique Reginato reveals the opportunities Nuke Indie unlocks for freelance artists.
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
AMD unveils Radeon RX 6000 Series GPUs
New 'Big Navi' cards go up against Nvidia's GeForce RTX GPUs - and feature dedicated ray tracing cores.
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
Blender Foundation joins Khronos Group
Developer can now influence development of key graphics standards used in Blender like OpenCL, OpenXR.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2020
Group test: AMD and Nvidia professional GPUs – 2020
Read Jason Lewis's in-depth review of Nvidia's Quadro RTX and AMD's Radeon Pro workstation GPUs.
Friday, August 28th, 2020
JangaFX releases EmberGen 0.5.5
Real-time gaseous fluid simulator gets neat new GPU particle system for finer, wispier smoke effects.
Friday, July 17th, 2020