Otoy joins the Academy Software Foundation
OctaneRender developer joins VFX and movie industry body alongside CoreWeave and Bolt Graphics.
Friday, July 7th, 2023
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Tutorial: VFX for Games
Discover how to create real-time fantasy effects with Houdini and Unreal Engine in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
Pixar ships RenderMan 25.2
Check out the new features in the heavyweight production renderer, including new compositing modes in the Stylized Looks NPR toolset.
Friday, June 30th, 2023
Chaos releases Vantage 2.0
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer aims to make the software 'as powerful for VFX as it is for architectural visualization'.
Thursday, June 29th, 2023
Get Pablo Munoz Gomez's 15 free custom ZBrush brushes
Download handy free brushes for sculpting hair, fur and cloth: now including a new Volume Blender.
Thursday, June 29th, 2023
Download Blender Studio's free Human Base Meshes
Set of 17 high-quality meshes can be used as bases for sculpting custom 3D characters. CC0 licence.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.6
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from Simulation Nodes and GPU ray tracing to neat hidden bonuses.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
Group test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs
Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.
Monday, June 26th, 2023
Free tool Masterpiece X lets you 'remix' characters in VR
Interesting new app lets users create custom game content from an online library of CC0 assets.
Friday, June 23rd, 2023
Reallusion ships Headshot 2.0
AI-assisted head-generation plugin for Character Creator can now turn 3D meshes - including partial facial scans - into full CC4 characters.
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
Reallusion ships Character Creator 4.3 and iClone 8.3
Check out the new features in Reallusion's 3D character generator and real-time animation software.
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
Rokoko unveils Coil Pro
Nifty new electromagnetic field generator will reduce drift when used with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro II and Smartgloves mocap systems.
Monday, June 19th, 2023
Luiz Elias ships Mush 3D 2.0
Neat tool for sculpting and deforming animation caches from other DCC apps gets new FBX pipeline for use with game engines.
Friday, June 16th, 2023