Foundry releases Mari 7.0
3D texture painting software gets new Vulkan-based geometry map baking system, and more procedural texturing nodes
Monday, December 4th, 2023
Arnold
AMD launches Radeon Pro W7700
See how the 'most powerful pro workstation graphics card under $1,000' performs with apps like 3ds Max, Maya and After Effects.
Friday, November 17th, 2023
Autodesk releases Maya 2024.2 and Maya Creative 2024.2
3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2024.2
Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and rendering software, including updates to Booleans, animation and USD for 3ds Max.
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 4.0
Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
Discover the key features of Houdini 20
Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
ASWF, Adobe, Autodesk launch OpenPBR
Now publicly released: new sub-project of MaterialX will let artists transfer materials seamlessly between Adobe and Autodesk apps.
Monday, November 6th, 2023
Open-source VFX pipeline builder Prism 2.0 is now available
Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.4
Check out the latest changes to renderer, including better toon shading and faster rendering of mesh lights.
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
QuiltiX: a new open-source MaterialX material editor
Free node-based tool lets users author MaterialX materials for use in renderers like Arnold and Karma.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 8.2 for Maya
New features in the USD-native layout and look dev app include shader network transfer to Katana.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2023