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Update to the 3D animation tool reworks Boolean modeling, and introduces OpenPBR support and interesting new simulation features.

Wednesday, October 16th, 2024

Master professional hair and fur grooming techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Sunday, October 13th, 2024

Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Sunday, October 6th, 2024

Major update to the popular scattering plugin adds new ForestIvy add-on for generating 3D ivy and other climbing plants.

Thursday, September 26th, 2024

Major update to the gaseous fluid simulator and multiphysics plugin adds new GPU-accelerated liquid simulation toolset.

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Discover which NVIDIA GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests, including Blender, Maya and UE5.

Friday, August 30th, 2024

3D modeling and animation software gets support for SVG files and a new Flow Retopology plugin for cloud-based workflow.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D and Maya renderer gets motion-graphics-friendly new Distance shader, plus updates to Redshift RT.

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

Discover how to create a realistic 3D character from scan data with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide to character art.

Sunday, July 14th, 2024

Major update to the Maya crowds tool adds new workflows for creating shots without simulation, and a new UE5-style ML Deformer.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024