Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.22
Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
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Master environment art workflows for videogames
Get started with Naughty Dog artist Martin Teichmann's new series of videos for The Gnomon Workshop.
Saturday, March 16th, 2019
SiNi Software unveils Ami
New 3ds Max asset manager will let users create and share visual libraries of 3D models, with support for key proxy formats and LODs.
Tuesday, February 12th, 2019
Poly Design releases PolySnow V2 for 3ds Max
Neat plugin adds a particle-based snow layer to 3D scenes, or lets users paint the snow in manually.
Sunday, January 6th, 2019
Reallusion releases Character Creator 3.0
Big update turns iClone companion tool into a standalone character generator for games and VR work.
Friday, September 28th, 2018
e-on ships Vue 2016 R5 and PlantFactory 2016 R5
Environment-creation software gets new LOD export options, better Ptex support. Plant generator gets new Flower node.
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
Epic Games previews new features in Unreal Engine 4.20
Update to add new level streaming, instancing and LOD features, plus replay system created for Fortnite.
Saturday, March 24th, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.19
Update adds live link plugins for Maya and MotionBuilder, material layers, physical units for lights.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
SideFX gives all Houdini Indie users a free extra licence
Maximum resolution of rendered output also raised to 4K, although the yearly rental price is up slightly.
Thursday, February 8th, 2018
Download free tree-generation software Tree It
Neat free tool offers a surprising range of control options, and exports data in OBJ and X formats.
Thursday, January 18th, 2018
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R19
Now shipping. See videos of the new LoD system, motion graphics tools and media core; and the Radeon ProRender render engine.
Friday, September 1st, 2017
VDB Splicer lets you use Booleans with volumetrics
Interesting new LightWave plugin offers unusual ways to edit and resmesh simulation and scan data.
Thursday, July 6th, 2017
Ephere releases Ornatrix V5 for 3ds Max
Hair, fur and feathers plugin can now generate hair from particles. New grooming and LOD workflows.
Friday, March 3rd, 2017