Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
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Discover how to create sci-fi keyframe concept art
Create compelling concept art for games or movies with The Gnomon Workshop's new video training.
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2022.1
Check out the updates to Smart Extrude, modifiers and retopology in the latest version of the 3D modelling and rendering software.
Wednesday, June 16th, 2021
AMD unveils Radeon Pro W6800 and W6600 GPUs
New RDNA 2 GPUs are AMD's first workstation cards built for modern hardware-accelerated ray tracing.
Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
Luxion ships KeyShot 10.2
Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.
Thursday, June 3rd, 2021
Discover 5 key new features from Blender 2.93 LTS
See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Discover how to create beatboards for pre-production
Create compelling illustrations of story beats for project pitches with The Gnomon Workshop's guide for storyboard artists.
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
Get the free V-Ray glTF viewer
Visualise models in the popular real-time 3D file format using the V-Ray renderer with Chaos's new set of open-source Python scripts.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Check out Maya cloth tearing plugin TearKnit FX
Animate torn cloth without simulation with this unusual procedural geometry-based tool.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Download the free Maya 2022 Bonus Tools
Get Autodesk's handy free set of Maya add-ons, now with real-time Boolean modelling tool Speed Cut.
Thursday, May 20th, 2021
Get ZBrushCoreMini 2021: the new free edition of ZBrush
Free non-commercial edition of ZBrush gets new sculpting brushes and now renders turntable movies.
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.1
Check out the new features in the next-gen animation and motion graphics software from the original creators of Maya's MASH toolset
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Create 3d Characters releases Zoo Tools Pro 2.5
Check out the neat new animation features in the popular set of productivity-boosting Maya tools.
Saturday, May 8th, 2021