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

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

Black Friday and winter 2020 deals for CG artists

Updated: Check out our list of great seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Monday, November 30th, 2020

Create free, facially rigged CG characters with MB-Lab 1.7.8

Promising open-source tool can now create 3D characters licensed for use in commercial games work.

Wednesday, August 5th, 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

Discover 10 key artist features in V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max

Read our pick of the features in the public beta, from the new LightMix system to out-of-core rendering.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2020

Otoy ships OctaneRender 2020.1

Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2020

Otoy and JangaFX team up to create EmberGen FX

New integrated version of the EmberGen real-time gaseous fluid simulator coming to OctaneRender.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2020

Get CG software for free during the coronavirus outbreak

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Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

Check out the Blender 3.0 and LTS product roadmap

Next big update to the open-source 3D software due in 2021, with long term support releases every year.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

Maxon and Red Giant merge

Updated: Maxon's merger with the effects tools developer is now officially complete. Key Red Giant executives join the Maxon board.

Wednesday, February 19th, 2020

Check out open-source 3D painting tool ArmorPaint

Version 0.7 of the Substance Painter-like texture painting tool adds live links to UE4 and Unity.

Monday, January 13th, 2020

The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019

Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.

Sunday, January 12th, 2020