Autodesk ships Arnold 6.2
VFX production renderer gets new V-Ray-style light mixer, improved GPU rendering and USD support, and support for OpenColorIO 2.0.
Saturday, January 30th, 2021
Houdini
Master advanced Houdini hair grooming techniques
Create production-ready grooms in ILM artist Kristin Farrensteiner's Gnomon Workshop masterclass.
Sunday, January 24th, 2021
Get a free 43,200 x 21,600px displacement map of the Earth
Create detailed renders of the planet's surface from space with this huge free 16-bit texture map.
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
Master Houdini's Ocean toolset
Discover how to simulate realistic ocean surfaces, complete with foam and spray, in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Thursday, December 31st, 2020
Master Houdini particle effects
Get to grips with Houdini's VFX-industry-standard particle effects tools with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new introductory tutorial.
Sunday, December 20th, 2020
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini
See all the new features in the Houdini edition of renderer, from ACEScg to updates to VRayDirt.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.27
Check out the free game engine's new Houdini-integrated Nvidia Blast destruction physics system and improved cloth simulation.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Create detailed environments in Gaea and Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how Gaea's procedural terrain tools extend VFX workflows.
Monday, December 14th, 2020
Quixel ships Bridge 2020.4
Check out the latest workflow improvements in Quixel's free tool for exporting Megascans assets to DCC apps and game engines.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
Maxon releases Redshift for Blender and Metal in beta
Download the long-awaited Blender plugin and Metal edition of the GPU renderer for current Macs.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
Epic Games becomes minority investor in SideFX
Industry giant takes stake in the Houdini developer, but no changes to the product roadmap expected.
Monday, November 16th, 2020
Which CG applications support Apple's new M1 chips?
Discover which 3D, image-editing and rendering apps will support the first Apple Silicon processors when they ship next week.
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Pixar ships RenderMan 23.5
Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020