10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.23.121

Big update with a small version number adds a new GPU-based chroma keyer to the real-time motion graphics and VFX software.

Friday, June 19th, 2020

Chaos Group launches the V-Ray Collection

$699/year subscription includes 11 editions of V-Ray, plus Phoenix FD, Project Lavina and VRScans assets.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2020

Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 3.4

See the new features in the Maya and Houdini crowd animation tool. Now free for low-budget projects.

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

Reallusion previews SkinGen

Neat new skin-generation toolset for Character Creator generates detailed human skin complete with pores, wrinkles, blemishes and hair.

Monday, June 1st, 2020

Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

See how AMD's flagship 64-core workstation CPU performs in Jason Lewis's real-world CG benchmarks.

Thursday, May 28th, 2020

AMD unveils Radeon ProRender 2.0

SDK update to the free, hardware-agnostic GPU renderer promises faster rendering on CPU plus GPU.

Monday, May 18th, 2020

Reallusion wins Epic MegaGrant

Game tools developer wins funding from Epic Games. Its iClone Unreal Live Link is free to indie users.

Monday, May 18th, 2020

AMD unveils Radeon Pro VII and Infinity Fabric Link Bridge

Check out AMD's new top-of-the-range workstation GPU and its answer to Nvidia's NVLink Bridge.

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

Faceware Technologies launches Faceware Studio

Next-gen replacement for the old Faceware Live mocap system adds neat new 'Motion Effects' for tuning facial solves.

Wednesday, May 13th, 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

EmberGen is now in beta

JangaFX's hotly tipped real-time gaseous fluid simulation tool gets a node graph and animation timeline - and an unlimited new trial edition.

Monday, May 4th, 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

NewTek ships LightWave 2020

3D animation and rendering app gets new GI system, improved SSS and hair shading, and support for Disney's Partio particles library.

Friday, April 24th, 2020