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
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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
Get Poliigon's 100+ free 3D models, textures and HDRIs
Download 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and SketchUp models, plus PBR texture sets and 18K HDRIs.
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Group test: Nvidia GeForce RTX 40 Series GPUs
Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.
Monday, June 26th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.2
Update makes CPU renders on Intel, AMD and Apple CPUs perceptually identical, and edits to large scenes 'nearly instantaneous'.
Thursday, June 8th, 2023
iToo Software releases Forest Pack 8.2.2 for 3ds Max
Check out the new features in the popular object scattering tool, including updates to ForestSets.
Monday, June 5th, 2023
Nvidia unveils three GeForce RTX 4060 Family GPUs
See how the $299 GeForce RTX 4060 and the RTX 4060 Ti cards perform in DCC apps like Arnold and DaVinci Resolve.
Monday, May 22nd, 2023
Autodesk ships Maya 2024.1 and Maya Creative 2024.1
3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2024.1
3D modelling and rendering app gets improvements to the Boolean modifier and to animation workflow.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
MaterialX 1.38.7 adds graph editor, native Metal support
Check out the changes to the open standard for materials and look dev data, widely used in VFX software.
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
AMD unveils Radeon Pro W7900 and W7800 GPUs
Check out the key specs and benchmark scores for AMD's first RDNA 3 GPUs for pro CG work.
Thursday, April 13th, 2023