Create detailed environments in Gaea and Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how Gaea's procedural terrain tools extend VFX workflows.
Monday, December 14th, 2020
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Download ActionVFX's three free stock effects collections
Get over 50 free After Effects camera shake presets, and 2K ProRes portal and bullet FX clips.
Sunday, December 13th, 2020
Foundry ships Mari 4.7
3D texture painting tool gets new options for creating and sharing procedural masks, isolating materials, and baking textures.
Friday, December 11th, 2020
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Cinema 4D
Long-awaited rewrite of the C4D renderer adds built-in compositing and new GPU rendering features.
Friday, December 11th, 2020
Download the project files for Epic Games' Meerkat demo
Get the rigged 3D characters from Epic's beautiful new Unreal Engine demo free in Maya and UE4 format.
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
Pixologic ships ZBrush 2021.5
Check out the clever Thick Skin system, new detailing tools and updates to ZModeler in the latest update to the digital sculpting app.
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.4 and Maya LT 2020.4
Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, including a big update to its Bifrost toolset.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
Master Maya customisation for faster animation
Harness Maya's hidden powers with Naughty Dog animator Ari Flesch's time-saving tips and hacks.
Monday, December 7th, 2020
Sketchfab's models of the month: November 2020
See the month's best new real-time 3D models, many downloadable for free, like this vintage instrument.
Monday, December 7th, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.26
Read our pick of the new features, from water and volumetric clouds to Booleans and GPU lightmapping.
Friday, December 4th, 2020
Nvidia launches the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
New $399 8GB card outperforms the old RTX 2080 Super in Arnold, Blender, Redshift and V-Ray 5.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.3
Update to the 3D software adds new retopology tools and support for bloom effects in the viewport.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
Otoy unveils OctaneRender 2020.2 and 2021
See what's new in the next major updates to the GPU renderer and its new RNDR+ subscription deal.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020