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

Sketchfab's models of the month: April 2023

See the month's best 3D models, including free downloadable interior scenes, props and cars.

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023

Use NeRFs in Unreal Engine with Luma AI's new plugin

Get volumetric captures into UE5 to use as props or environments with the plugin, currently free in alpha.

Tuesday, April 4th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.1

See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Autodesk releases Maya 2024

Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

5 key features in Blender 3.5

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Left Angle launches Autograph Creator

Indie artists and small studios get new lower-cost edition of the next-gen motion design and VFX tool.

Monday, March 27th, 2023

Nvidia announces Spring 2023 updates to Omniverse

Check out the latest changes to Omniverse including upcoming support for real-time ray traced subsurface shading.

Saturday, March 25th, 2023

Get free Cesium plugins for UE5, O3DE, Unity, Omniverse

Open-source geospatial data plugins create full-scale replicas of the Earth inside game engines.

Saturday, March 25th, 2023

Move.ai now works with Android phones and webcams

Promising AI-based markerless mocap system now works on video from any device, not just iPhones.

Monday, March 20th, 2023

Sketchfab's models of the month: March 2023

See the month's best 3D models, from anime astronouts to free 3D plants, weapons and environments

Sunday, March 19th, 2023

DreamWorks open-sources its MoonRay renderer

Now available: ray tracing renderer used on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish has been released under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.1

Free GPU renderer gets support for new bevel shader, better viewport rendering, support for light linking.

Monday, March 13th, 2023