F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini
Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
Houdini
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2024.1
Real-time terrain generation software gets complete new rivers system, plus Polygon Layers for raising or flattening terrain.
Sunday, April 21st, 2024
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 6 R2
Free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Mari adds powerful new Node Editor and Ramp Editor.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 3.6
Big update to the renderer adds non-photorealistic reneriing system, overhauls volume rendering, and adds official support for AMD GPUs.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2024
Pixar releases RenderMan 26
Check out the changes to the heavyweight production renderer, including updates to XPU, and interactive AI denoising in Blender.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
Download the free edition of RenderMan 26.0
Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
Chaos unveils Project Arena
Upcoming virtual production toolset will let studios use existing V-Ray assets on LED walls with full ray tracing "without any preprocessing".
Friday, April 5th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Connector
Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.
Friday, April 5th, 2024
Building Natural Environments Using Gaea & Houdini
Discover how to recreate real-world environments for VFX and game cinematics with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Saturday, March 30th, 2024
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.3
Check out the changes in the compatibility-breaking update to the renderer, including better denoising and progressive rendering.
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2024
Major update to the planar tracking software adds USD support and integrates the core solver from 3D tracking app SynthEyes.
Friday, March 15th, 2024
New pricing for Unreal Engine, Twinmotion and RealityCapture
Epic Games has announced new subscription-based pricing for its key software products. See who the changes affect, and when they start.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2
Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.
Tuesday, March 5th, 2024