Unity 6 Preview: five key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the new features in the latest version of Unity, from improvements to rendering to new generative AI animation tools.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
DirectX 11
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.04
Real-time rendering toolkit gets physically accurate DoF, lens flares and motion blur. GPU ray tracing now supported on AMD hardware.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
AMD unveils Viewport Boost
Interesting new driver feature raises viewport frame rate in apps like 3ds Max and Twinmotion when running on AMD's latest pro GPUs.
Saturday, June 19th, 2021
10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.23.121
Big update with a small version number adds a new GPU-based chroma keyer to the real-time motion graphics and VFX software.
Friday, June 19th, 2020
10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.22
Real-time VFX and motion graphics tools get new GPU-agnostic hybrid ray tracing system, plus native support for Substance materials.
Friday, June 7th, 2019
Sneak peek: real-time ray tracing in Notch Builder
See the real-time motion graphics tool's interesting new path tracing system. Runs on any current GPU.
Thursday, February 21st, 2019
Eye candy: Square Enix's Witch DirectX 12 tech demo
See four Titan X GPUs push 63 million polygons around in real time to create some gorgeous visuals.
Friday, May 1st, 2015
Discover the new features in Maya 2016
Videos: see the new sculpting tools, Delta Mush deformer, updates to Bifrost and revamped Hypershade.
Monday, April 13th, 2015
Gnomon releases Maya Viewport 2.0 and Shader FX
Eric Keller's five-hour DVD provides a complete guide to Maya 2015's powerful real-time previews.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Autodesk ships FBX Review
Free DirectX 11-based viewer lets games artists review assets in a range of standard 3D file formats.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Autodesk announces new features of Maya 2014
Watch videos of the new modelling, scene assembly and Paint Effects options and the DirectX 11 viewport.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Autodesk announces new features of 3ds Max 2014
Watch videos of the new crowd system, mParticles, Perspective Match and pan and zoom tools.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Unity Technologies ships Unity 4
Developer's 'biggest release to date' adds Mecanim character animation system, support for DirectX 11.
Thursday, November 15th, 2012