Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.1
See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Arnold
Autodesk releases Maya 2024
Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2024
3D modelling and rendering app gets new Boolean modifier, new material nodes, enhanced animation tools, and OCIO support.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 6.0 for 3ds Max
Major update turns the gaseous fluid simulator into a multiphysics toolkit. Now subscription-only.
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2023
Review: Asus ProArt Studiobook 16 OLED laptop
Find out how this Nvidia Studio laptop fares in real-world tests with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
Foundry releases Mari 6.0
3D texture painting software gets new USD Look export system, plus neat Roller Brush for repeating details like scales and stitches.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022
Autodesk open-sources Bifrost USD
Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence.
Monday, December 12th, 2022
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2023.3
3D modelling and rendering app gets new OSL maps to create organic noise and randomise UVs.
Thursday, December 8th, 2022
Autodesk releases Maya 2023.3
3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2022.1
First stable release of Octane 2022 adds new photon tracing kernel and Standard Surface material.
Tuesday, November 29th, 2022
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.1.4
New version of the renderer adds native Apple Silicon support and improves USD workflow. 3ds Max, C4D and Maya plugins updated.
Monday, November 21st, 2022
cebas releases finalFluid 1.0 for 3ds Max
GPU-accelerated simulation tool uses a sparse grid solver to create smoke, fire and dust in real time.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022
Tutorial: Sculpting the Human Skull in ZBrush
Create an anatomically accurate skull with The Gnomon Workshop's new introductory ZBrush tutorial.
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022