Golaem ships Golaem PLE
New free, time-unlimited edition lets artists try the Maya crowd simulation tool before they buy. Support for Redshift also added.
Monday, December 12th, 2016
Arnold
DGDM releases SLiB | Browser Pro 2.0 for Maya
Free update to Maya shader manager adds support for metadata, multiple shader libraries.
Friday, December 9th, 2016
Google adds Houdini and C4D support to Zync Render
New apps added to online render service alongside Maya and Nuke. GPU compute coming next year?
Monday, November 28th, 2016
The Gnomon Workshop ships TRex Lookdev and Lighting
New video reveals professional Maya and Arnold workflows for integrating CG with live action.
Friday, November 25th, 2016
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017.1
Update adds support for Blended Box mapping, versatile new Data Channel modifier. Arnold plugin and Asset Library also updated.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Nvidia is releasing Mental Ray for Maya for free
For single-frame and viewport renders, at least. Things get interesting with network and sequence rendering.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2017
Eric Keller's 18-hour training video provides a complete guide to professional workflows in Maya.
Friday, November 11th, 2016
Chaos Group puts Arnold's alSurface shader in V-Ray
Download the free V-Ray version of the VFX industry-standard shader. Works with both Max and Maya.
Sunday, October 9th, 2016
AAA Studio releases FurryBall RT 1.4
GPU-based renderer gets new toon shader, support for Arnold's Ai Standard shader - and the 3ds Max edition is back.
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
The Foundry releases Katana for Windows
Now shipping: Katana 2.5 makes powerful look dev tool available to non-Linux users for the first time.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Solid Angle releases Arnold for 3ds Max
Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Maya 2017
Update adds new clip-based Time Editor, more XGen and Bifrost simulation options. Arnold now installed by default, not mental ray.
Monday, July 25th, 2016