Is BiteTheBytes' Material Creator the new Substance 3D Designer?
See what we know about the World Creator developer's promising upcoming node-based material authoring app for games and VFX.
Wednesday, August 5th, 2026
Hex Tiling
Foundry releases Mari 8.0 in open beta
Check out the new features in the 3D texture painting software, including new nodes for hex tiling, color grading and A/B comparisons.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.7
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to hex tiling, and support for DoF in real-time renderer Redshift Live.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Maxon adds hex tiling for textures to Redshift 2026.6
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including the new hex tiling system to minimize visible repeats in textures.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Sneak peek: Houdini 20
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
Monday, February 13th, 2023
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 5 R9
Check out the new features in this major update to the bonus tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting app.
Friday, September 2nd, 2022
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021