Discover how to clean up 3D scans for production
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to prepare 3D scans for use in production pipelines.
Monday, September 27th, 2021
Arnold
Autodesk ships Maya 2022.2
Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and animation software, including new scaling controls for the Solidify deformer.
Thursday, September 23rd, 2021
Discover how to create a lighting template in Katana
Get started with the lighting and look dev software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introductory tutorial.
Saturday, September 4th, 2021
Master the art of grooming CG hair in XGen
Create hair for a male character in Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
Autodesk ships Maya 2022.1
3D animation software gets new global search feature, tools for authoring interactive tutorials, and updates to the deformer system.
Thursday, July 29th, 2021
Academy Software Foundation adopts MaterialX
Movie industry standards body to oversee future development of the open format for rich material data.
Friday, July 16th, 2021
View USD files inside Windows with this free Shell Extension
Activision's neat open-source USD Shell Extension lets you view and edit USD files directly in Windows.
Tuesday, June 15th, 2021
Master procedural shading in Houdini and Arnold
Discover how to create realistic shaders for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Wednesday, June 9th, 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
Multiverse | USD 6.7 ships
Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free.
Monday, June 7th, 2021
Nvidia launches GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti
See how the new 'rendering powerhouses' stack up in CG apps like Arnold, Blender and V-Ray.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Soft8Soft ships Verge3D 3.7
Turn your Blender, 3ds Max and Maya scenes into browser-based 3D apps - and now, into native iOS, Android or desktop apps as well.
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Toolchefs ships Atoms VFX 4.0 and AtomsUnreal 2.0
Crowd animation system for Maya and Houdini gets new behaviour tree. UE4 plugin also now updated.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021