TurboSquid acquires TF3DM and CGStudio
Buyout consolidates TurboSquid's position as world's largest online marketplace for stock 3D models.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
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Abvent releases Artlantis 6.5
Architectural renderer gets new physical sky, distributed render manager, export to TwinMotion.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2017
Visit Modo Live at Gnomon's LA campus on 9 February
See talks from leading Modo artists at Boxel and BattleCry Studios at The Foundry's new user event. Watch online for free.
Sunday, January 29th, 2017
Master lighting and rendering in Unreal Engine 4
Visit Epic Games' free two-hour masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus next Friday, 3 February. Watch online for free.
Friday, January 27th, 2017
Cospective ships cineSync 4.0
Big update to remote shot review system adds new Pro Studio subscriptions for security-critical jobs, plus support for iOS devices.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
DGDM releases SLiB Leuchtkraft 1.6 for Maya
Updated: Nifty Maya lighting design plugin gets support for dome lights, option to import custom HDRIs.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
Arseniy Korablev releases Polybrush 1.5
Intriguing low-cost 3D sketching and design app adds new option to create forms from chains of 'bones'.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders
Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.4
CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Cost of headsets is holding back VR, says Sketchfab poll
Other findings: HTC Vive is 3D artists' favourite headset - and a surprising number of us already use VR for work.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Eye candy: the 2017 Miarmy crowd simulation reel
See amazing work being created with the Maya crowd simulator, including epic VFX from Ant-Man and San Andreas.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017
Microsoft buys Simplygon
Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.
Thursday, January 19th, 2017