Arseniy Korablev releases Polybrush 1.6

3D sketching tool gets real-time viewport with pencil shaded and realistic display modes, ground fog.

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.5

Update to texture-painting tool adds brush opacity, LUT-based colour management, option to bake 8K textures.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

Watch Gurmukh Bhasin's free masterclass in vehicle design

Discover the Star Citizen concept artist's 3D workflow at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch online for free.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16

Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

3d-io releases Exr-IO 1.02 for Photoshop

Updated: Handy free plugin lets PS load or save multi-layer EXR files. Now supports batch processing.

Tuesday, February 21st, 2017

Redshift devs release Redshift for Houdini

New integration plugin for the GPU renderer supports Houdini's native primitives, instancing and volumes.

Saturday, February 18th, 2017

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.15

Update improves texture streaming and tonemapping, adds support for Nintendo Switch and HDR displays.

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1702

Update to 3D tracking software adds full native solving of 360-degree video, new lens calibration system.

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 6

Big update adds new tools for recreating real-world materials via photogrammetry, 32-bit workflow, 8K texture baking.

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

Blender 2.78b ships

New update improves speed of Blender's Cycles renderer over 10x on shots with motion blur and hair.

Tuesday, February 14th, 2017

Rotem Shiffman releases VFB+ 2.8 for 3ds Max for free

New version of advanced, renderer agnostic frame buffer tool for 3ds Max now available as freeware.

Monday, February 13th, 2017

How Feast's Patrick Osborne directed his first VR short

See the Oscar-winning director discuss the making of PEARL at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday. Watch free onine.

Monday, February 13th, 2017

Get four free Renderpeople 3D character models

Updated: New figures are fully rigged for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D. All are licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 12th, 2017