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Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.

Thursday, December 19th, 2024

[Sponsored] Discover how Reallusion's free plugin streamlines the transfer of characters from Character Creator 4 to 3ds Max.

Wednesday, December 18th, 2024

Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

First paid version of the nifty 3D sketching app for iPad is a major update, adding new 3D liquify, lighting and post effects toolsets.

Monday, November 4th, 2024

Discover an efficient professional concept art workflow in Blender and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Monday, November 4th, 2024

Master professional concept design techniques in ZBrush, Blender and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Sunday, October 27th, 2024

Grab the files for the lead character and environment from the beautiful real-time demo for the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6.

Friday, October 18th, 2024

Adobe's new standalone app lets users drag and drop 3D models into Photoshop and have them appear as editable Smart Objects.

Monday, October 14th, 2024

Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.

Monday, October 14th, 2024

Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Sunday, October 6th, 2024

Discover how the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6 were used to create the demo, which runs in real time on a GeForce 4090 GPU.

Friday, September 20th, 2024

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shader editing, animation and rendering.

Friday, August 16th, 2024