Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders
Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.
Monday, January 23rd, 2017
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Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use
GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
Cost of headsets is holding back VR, says Sketchfab poll
Other findings: HTC Vive is 3D artists' favourite headset - and a surprising number of us already use VR for work.
Friday, January 20th, 2017
See how Naughty Dog created Uncharted 4's environments
Discover how the hit PS4 title was created at Gnomon's LA campus this Thursday. Watch online for free.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
Adobe chooses V-Ray as core renderer for Project Felix
V-Ray chosen as render engine for new visualisation tool aimed at 'graphic designers, not 3D experts'.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2017
fnord releases ProEXR free
Fully open-source set of plugins lets Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere read and write layered EXR files on Windows and OS X.
Thursday, January 5th, 2017
MeshLab 2016 ships
Newly updated open-source app provides complete set of tools for cleaning and editing 3D scan data, or readying meshes for 3D printing.
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
Marmoset ships free Toolbag scene importer for UE4
Export scenes from the rendering toolkit to Unreal Engine and have materials set up automatically.
Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Pixologic releases three new free ZBrush plugins
Get ZBrush to Photoshop CC, 3D Print Hub and real-world scale modeling tool Scale Master for free.
Monday, January 2nd, 2017
Get Avengers animator Kiel Figgins' free Deadpool rig
Free Maya character rig includes facial controls and linked proxy rig for real-time and blocking work.
Thursday, December 29th, 2016
Render Legion releases first Mac build of Corona for C4D
Free Alpha 6 build of the Cinema 4D renderer also adds the features from the latest 3ds Max release.
Tuesday, December 27th, 2016
Adobe releases Project Felix in beta
Simple rendering and compositing app is free to anyone with a current paid Creative Cloud subscription.
Friday, December 23rd, 2016
Best Christmas and New Year discounts for CG artists
Check out our seasonal list of money-saving offers on CG tools including 3D-Coat, Arion, Mari, Modo and Xfrog.
Friday, December 23rd, 2016