Foundry releases Mari 4.6v4
See the new local space transform mode and updates to baking workflow in the 3D texturing tool. Now available on macOS again.
Thursday, July 16th, 2020
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Chaos Group releases Project Lavina Beta 0.4
New tool for real-time ray traced previews of V-Ray scenes gets new animation editor, physical camera.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
See Blender's Cycles renderer running in the Houdini viewport
Nifty work from Tangent Animation makes Cycles a Hydra delegate in Houdini's Solaris look dev toolset.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Master professional V-Ray product rendering workflows
Discover how to create compelling marketing images in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Saturday, June 27th, 2020
Foundry releases Katana 3.6
Check out the new snapping options in the lighting and look dev tool, and the new toon shading system in its 3Delight NSI renderer.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2020
Master procedural environment creation in Houdini
Discover non-destructive workflows for creating VFX environments with Gnomon's detailed new tutorial.
Monday, June 8th, 2020
Discover how to model and render an ultra-realistic spider
Master advanced creature design techniques in ZBrush, Maya and Yeti with Gnomon's detailed guide.
Monday, May 25th, 2020
Pulze ships Scene Manager 1.6
Streamline the process of lighting and rendering scenes in 3ds Max with this powerful workflow tool for visualization and illustration work.
Monday, May 25th, 2020
AMD releases Radeon ProRender for Unreal Engine
Free plugin enables GPU path tracing and 'full spectrum rendering' in UE4 on AMD GPUs.
Saturday, May 16th, 2020
Red Giant ships VFX Suite 1.5
Suite of After Effects plugins for visual effects work gets Lens Distortion, a new automated lens correction tool. Check it out here.
Friday, May 15th, 2020
AMD releases Radeon ProRender 2.4 for Blender
Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets experimental new 'next gen' mode with support for out-of-core geometry.
Thursday, May 14th, 2020
Master environment building in Houdini and Clarisse iFX
Create, light and render large landscapes suitable for VFX work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020