Pixar ships free edition of RenderMan 22

Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.

Monday, September 10th, 2018

CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 7.5

3D clothing design tool gets new UV editor, transform controls for add-ons like props and buttons.

Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

Put clothes on nude statues and win Nvidia graphics cards

CG hardware up for grabs in CLO Virtual Fashion and Allegorithmic's new David & Diana art contest.

Wednesday, May 16th, 2018

Sneak peek: see Arnold's new toon shader in action

New video also shows other features due in the renderer, like support for USD and MaterialX.

Thursday, March 8th, 2018

SideFX gives all Houdini Indie users a free extra licence

Maximum resolution of rendered output also raised to 4K, although the yearly rental price is up slightly.

Thursday, February 8th, 2018

J Cube releases Multiverse Studio V5

Heavyweight VFX scene assembly tool gets support for Alembic and USD sequences, AR content in USDZ format.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Download over 200 free kitbash and layout models

Constantin Paschou's amazing TFMStyle asset pack ranges from machine parts to entire buildings. OBJ format.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017

Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists

Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.

Thursday, November 23rd, 2017

Eye candy: the Marvelous Designer 7 showreel

A refreshingly diverse set of work created with the clothing design tool, including some amazing one-person VFX shorts.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 7

3D clothing design tool gets neat new dynamics options, new modular clothing design mode. Price down $60.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2017

Fabric Software announces Fabric Engine 2.6

Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.

Friday, August 4th, 2017

Lucasfilm and ILM open-source MaterialX

New open exchange standard for material data aims to do for look dev what Alembic did for geometry.

Thursday, July 13th, 2017

Wacom unveils new Cintiq Pro 24 and 32 pen displays

New 4K 24-inch and 32-inch pen displays expected in 2018. Price of Cintiq 27QHD Touch down $400.

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017