Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2019
Now shipping: Watch videos of the new features, including support for Open Shading Language and the Advanced Wood procedural map.
Thursday, March 22nd, 2018
Arnold
Sneak peek: see Arnold's new toon shader in action
New video also shows other features due in the renderer, like support for USD and MaterialX.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Autodesk posts Softimage to Arnold source code on GitHub
Code for the SitoA plugin available via an Apache 2.0 licence. Latest update supports Arnold 5.0.2.4.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Q&A: Atoms Crowd co-creator Daniele Federico
We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool.
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
J Cube releases Multiverse Studio V5
Heavyweight VFX scene assembly tool gets support for Alembic and USD sequences, AR content in USDZ format.
Tuesday, January 16th, 2018
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2017
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by our 125,000 Facebook followers.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
Basefount ships Miarmy 6.0
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new 'brain share' feature for AI agents, improved Direct Logic engine and instancing system.
Friday, December 1st, 2017
Mental Ray: a retrospective
To mark the news that Nvidia is to discontinue the renderer, we look back over the highs and lows of nearly 30 years of Mental Ray.
Monday, November 20th, 2017
innoBright ships Altus 1.9
Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL.
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
Get Xolotl Studio's Substance Painter Live Link
Updated: neat plugin live links Substance Painter to Blender, Modo or Maya - and now 3ds Max and V-Ray.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2018.3
Updated: Autodesk discusses how the new Fluids simulation toolset stacks up against Bifröst in Maya.
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
cebas releases finalRender R4 for 3ds Max
Long-awaited physically accurate hybrid CPU/GPU renderer ships after six years in development.
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
Autodesk makes Arnold free to schools and colleges
Free educational licences now available. Price of commercial subscriptions halved when renting in blocks of five.
Friday, August 18th, 2017