Modo, KeyShot and Blender to support RTX-based rendering

All three applications to support hardware-accelerated ray tracing on Nvidia's RTX GPUs in future.

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Otoy launches new free Prime usage tier for OctaneRender

New free editions of the renderer for Unreal Engine and Blender 2.80 available as early public previews.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2019

Eye candy: SideFX's 2019 Houdini customer reel

Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.

Monday, July 29th, 2019

Golaem ships Golaem 7.0

Maya crowd animation software gets standalone crowd layout tool, plus new live link plugin for round-tripping shots to Unreal Engine.

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019

Check out 'cinematography simulator' Cine Tracer

Interesting UE4-based tool lets users plan shots using CG versions of real-world lights and cameras.

Thursday, July 18th, 2019

NewTek ships LightWave 2019.1

Free quality-of-life update adds new navigation modes in Layout and Modeler, improvements to FBX interchange and the UE4 bridge.

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

Epic Games donates $1.2 million to Blender development

'No strings attached' three-year grant almost doubles Blender development funding at a stroke.

Monday, July 15th, 2019

Rokoko launches facial capture add-on for its mocap systems

New iPhone X app lets you capture facial animation alongside full-body data and stream it to UE4, Unity or MotionBuilder.

Friday, July 12th, 2019

Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2

VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

Download four new free Renderpeople 3D characters

Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.

Monday, July 8th, 2019

Yeti fur plugin goes back on sale in the United States

Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Check out virtual production tools BeeHive and DragonFly

Updated: new Unreal Engine and Unity-compatible virtual camera system DragonFly is now shipping.

Friday, June 28th, 2019

Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut

Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.

Thursday, June 6th, 2019