JangaFX releases LiquiGen 0.1

Much-anticipated real-time liquid simulator gets first public preview. See which features are in the initial alpha, and which are coming later.

Tuesday, February 13th, 2024

BCorona 2.0 lets you render Blender scenes in Corona

Unofficial Blender integration for the Corona renderer gets support for Blender 4.0 and an automated converter for Cycles shaders.

Friday, January 19th, 2024

Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.6

Check out the new AI features in the GPU-based ray tracing renderer, including automatic atmosphere and texture generation.

Friday, December 15th, 2023

ArmorPaint 0.9 ships

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.3: five key features for CG artists

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5

Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

Infinigen: a free generator for procedural 3D environments

Intriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.2: five key features for CG artists

Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.

Friday, May 12th, 2023

Best Black Friday and winter 2022 deals for CG artists

Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Monday, November 28th, 2022

7 CG products you may have missed in September 2022

See what's new in AMD's pro GPU drivers, and in tools like Clarisse, Redshift and Omniverse Create.

Thursday, October 6th, 2022

Amazon makes AWS Thinkbox software available free

Deadline, Kratatoa and the other five former Thinkbox Software products are now free to download.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022

5 CG software updates you may have missed in July 2022

Check out the new features in tyFlow, Redshift, Enscape, Render Manager and ftrack Connect 2.0.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022

SideFX releases Houdini 19.5

Read a detailed run-down of new features in the procedural 3D app, including updates to simulation, creature effects, Solaris and Karma.

Thursday, July 21st, 2022