Free tool Grassify adds grass to Blender models
Add fast-rendering animatable grass to any Blender model with this free Geometry Nodes set-up.
Friday, June 9th, 2023
animation
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2
Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
Apple unveils 2023 Mac Pro
See how the first Apple Silicon Mac Pro workstation stacks up against old Intel models in After Effects, Maya, Houdini and Photoshop.
Tuesday, June 6th, 2023
Get Reallusion's free ZBrush and Character Creator plugins
ZBrush Pose Tools creates a pose library in ZBrush; ZBrush Pose Link sends poses to it from Reallusion's Character Creator.
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023
Rokoko Studio 2.4 now does retargeting
Rokoko's mocap software now lets users retarget motion to custom 3D characters. Subscription prices up.
Friday, May 26th, 2023
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 12.1
3D clothing design software gets USD import and export, plus experimental Omniverse connector.
Thursday, May 25th, 2023
The twisted tale of The Voice in the Hollow
Discover the novel real-time workflow that powers Gnomon's award-winning animated short.
Wednesday, May 24th, 2023
Foundry ships Flix 6.6
Check out the new features in the story development tool, including support for proxy servers and more reliable native version control.
Saturday, May 20th, 2023
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.1
Big update to the physics-based animation tool adds video mocap and Finger AutoPosing systems.
Friday, May 19th, 2023
Autodesk ships Maya 2024.1 and Maya Creative 2024.1
3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2024.1
3D modelling and rendering app gets improvements to the Boolean modifier and to animation workflow.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
Unreal Engine 5.2: five key features for CG artists
Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.
Friday, May 12th, 2023
See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023