Erik Lehmann releases RS Shader Kit 2.0 for Maya
Check out the Scanline VFX artist's compact, streamlined alternative to the native Hypershade interface.
Saturday, March 6th, 2021
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Discover how to optimise games in Unreal Engine
Fix performance bottlenecks and optimise art assets in UE4 with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Anastasiy releases MagicRefs 2.0 for Photoshop
Reference image manager gets option to tag images and organise image groups into collections.
Thursday, March 4th, 2021
Sketchfab's models of the month: February 2021
See the past month's best real-time 3D assets, including this ingenious 45-second animated CG short.
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2021.6
Free update to the digital sculpting app adds neat curve-based brushes, new Mesh from Mask system, USD import and export.
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 17.1
Free update to the compositing app adds new tools for retiming animations, 2D vector shapes for motion graphics.
Monday, March 1st, 2021
Download free UV packing tool UV-Packer for Blender
New Blender edition of 3d-io's popular 3ds Max plugin optimises UV packing of complex models.
Monday, March 1st, 2021
Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 GPU
See how Nvidia's top-of-the-range Ampere card performs in real-world DCC and GPU rendering tests.
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
Houdini Engine for UE4 and Unity now free to all users
Houdini Engine plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine now free for larger studios, not just indie artists.
Friday, February 26th, 2021
Download Nvidia's Omniverse and Omniverse Create
Updated: new connection plugins available for Nvidia's collaboration platform, now in free public beta.
Friday, February 26th, 2021
Discover 10 key new features from Blender 2.92
Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.
Thursday, February 25th, 2021
Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Update 1
Update adds support for masks in the V-Ray Frame Buffer, better caustics and translucent materials.
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
Chaos rolls out Chaos Cosmos
New online library of architectural 3D models is optimised for V-Ray and Chaos Vantage. Free to users of selected versions of V-Ray 5.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021