J Cube unveils new standalone USD editing tool MUSE
Neat work-in-progress tool offers a 'fast, non-destructive' way to modify USD assets outside DCC apps.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Blender
OctaneRender users to get World Creator for free
All part of a deal between Otoy and BiteTheBytes to link the GPU-based renderer and terrain generator.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Nvidia announces Omniverse open beta
USD-based 'open collaboration' platform for CG work will become free to individual users this fall.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Chaos Group teases new version of V-Ray for Blender
Facebook post hints at long-awaited public release of V-Ray with support for Blender 2.80+.
Monday, October 5th, 2020
Sketchfab's models of the month: September 2020
See the month's best real-time 3D models, like this free downloadable animated pigman game character.
Saturday, October 3rd, 2020
Khronos Group finalises radical new OpenCL 3.0 spec
New spec aims to reboot the GPU compute API for a new generation of CG tools. SDK now available.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2020
Download the free Rocket Girl rig for Blender and Maya
Get this neat full-body and facial rig, created by movie animators Vladimir Mokhov and Luciano Muñoz Sessarego.
Sunday, September 27th, 2020
Baya exports your Blender models as Maya files
Neat plugin streamlines transfer of assets between Blender and Maya, particularly in games pipelines.
Friday, September 25th, 2020
2020 CGarchitect rendering survey shows trends in arch viz
V-Ray and Corona top list of most popular architectural renderers, but use of Twinmotion, Enscape and UE4 also rising.
Thursday, September 24th, 2020
Rokoko launches Smartgloves
Neat $995 inertial mocap gloves can be used to stream hand and finger tracking data live to apps like Maya, Blender, Unity and UE4.
Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Download the first public demo of Redshift 3.0
New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R23
Major update to Cinema 4D adds new character animation tools, better UV editing, and integrates the $399 Magic Bullet Looks suite.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Lightmap releases Blender plugin for HDR Light Studio
New 'Xenon' update makes the real-time lighting tool available to Blender users for the first time.
Tuesday, September 8th, 2020