Act-3D releases Lumion 8.0

Real-time visualisation tool gets new Styles option for generating render variants, new Sky Light and soft shadows, support for 4K video.

Wednesday, November 8th, 2017

SideFX releases Houdini 16.5

Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

Autodesk ships SketchBook 4.0 for iOS and Android

Updated with new Android version: Sketching app gets support for 100 megapixel images, predictive stroke system.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2017

innoBright ships Altus 1.9

Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL.

Friday, November 3rd, 2017

Discover how Disney artist Kevin Hudson created 'Weeds'

Explore the making of an indie short created with Disney tech at Gnomon's free event next week. Watch free online.

Friday, November 3rd, 2017

Serif ships Affinity Photo 1.6 and Affinity Designer 1.6

New versions of the image editing and vector design apps come with free bonus resources worth $200+.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

Reallusion ships PopcornFX iClone particle plugin

Real-time animation tool gets particle add-on based on tech for Substance Painter particle brushes.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

Shotgun Software releases Shotgun 7.5

Production tracking system gets new options for grouping and tagging projects, support for two-factor authentication.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

Download Eisko's free rigged model of a human head

Updated: Get this photorealistic female head based on scan data. Now rigged and ready to animate.

Wednesday, November 1st, 2017

Sketchfab's models of the month: October 2017

See the month's best real-time 3D models, like this NPC from virtual reality title Quantum VR Treadmill.

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

Eye candy: Maxon's 2017 Cinema 4D demo reel

See amazing imagery created in Cinema 4D, from internal organs to Imaginary Forces' SXSW titles.

Tuesday, October 31st, 2017

Master environment art with Gnomon's new training videos

Two detailed new video tutorials set out current environment design workflows for VFX and games.

Monday, October 30th, 2017

Fabric Software discontinues Fabric Engine

Firm stops work on much-praised framework for developing custom tools for VFX and games pipelines.

Saturday, October 28th, 2017