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

Richard Rosenman releases Ultraflares 1.2 for Photoshop

Powerful tool for designing lens flares and light leaks gets first big update since its release in 2015.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2018

Sign up for Mari Live in Hollywood next month

See how top studios use the 3D painting tool at Foundry's user event at Gnomon on 1 February. Watch free online.

Friday, January 12th, 2018

The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2017

Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by our 125,000 Facebook followers.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018

Download Cinema 4D physics framework Effex 2.8 for free

Pioneering fluid simulation, particle and volumetrics tool, once sold for over €500, is now free on GitHub.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2018

Alexey Vanzhula ships Direct Modeling HDA for Houdini

Neat hard surface modeling toolkit adds MeshFusion-style real-time Booleans, new insert mesh system.

Monday, January 8th, 2018

Meet the new directors of Google's Spotlight Stories

See the creators of the award-winning series of VR shorts speak at Gnomon's LA campus on 16 Jan. Watch free online.

Sunday, January 7th, 2018

Richard Rosenman releases Image Light Leaks Vol. 3

Hi-res texture overlays add realistic photographic effects to 3D renders. Download 20 sample files for free.

Sunday, January 7th, 2018

Nuke and Houdini developers win technical Oscars

Four Scientific and Technology Awards in total, including an Oscar statuette for SideFX's Mark Elendt.

Friday, January 5th, 2018

Motiva unveils Unknit for Unreal Engine and 3ds Max

Watch a demo of this promising UV unwrapping tool from the devs behind UE4's Datasmith toolset.

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

See the 10 hottest new features due in Blender in 2018

Read the Blender Foundation's pick of the top dev projects, from the Eevee PBR viewport renderer to 'Animation 2020'.

Thursday, January 4th, 2018

Sketchfab's models of the month: December 2017

See the best real-time 3D models created last month, from mythical beasts to post-apocalyptic vehicles.

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

NewTek ships LightWave 2018

Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.

Monday, January 1st, 2018