Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2025.3
3D modeling and animation app gets support for the OpenPBR material standard, and performance updates to key modifiers.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
3D modeling
Autodesk releases Maya 2025.3
Update to the 3D animation tool reworks Boolean modeling, and introduces OpenPBR support and interesting new simulation features.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
Inkscape 1.4 is out
Open-source vector design tool gets improvements to workflow with filters, fonts and color palettes, and support for Affinity Designer files.
Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
Shapelab 2024 lets you sculpt on desktop as well as in VR
Updated: the new desktop mode in Leopoly's promising digital sculpting app now supports stylus as well as mouse and keyboard.
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
Check out Blender 4.3's new SLIM UV unwrapping system
Try the 'state-of-the-art' new iterative UV unwrapping algorithm available in alpha builds of the open-source 3D software.
Wednesday, September 25th, 2024
Nevercenter releases Silo 2024.3 and Milo 2024.0
Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, including modifiers for Boolean modeling, extrusion and replication.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2024
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2025 for Houdini
Major update to the popular hard-surface modeling toolkit for Houdini reworks the interface, workflow, and adds new retopology tools.
Monday, September 23rd, 2024
How to create facial blendshapes using photogrammetry
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to process 3D scans of an actor for use in a FACS-based facial animation rig in Maya.
Sunday, September 22nd, 2024
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2024.1
3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.
Thursday, September 19th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating Efficient Digital Doubles for VFX
Master industry-standard workflow for creating digi doubles from raw scan data with The Gnomon Workshop's full beginner's guide.
Monday, September 16th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.14
Update reworks painting workflow in the digital sculpting software for virtual reality and desktop systems. Check out all of the changes here.
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025
Check out the latest features in the 3D animation and motion graphics app. Redshift GPU renderer now bundled with every subscription.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad
Much-anticipated iPad edition of the sculpting app lets artists work on the move. Read FAQs on its feature set, its limitations, and its price.
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024