Learn Clarisse iFX from DreamWorks' Danny Janevski
Get started with Isotropix's layout and look dev tool at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus next week, or watch on Twitch.
Saturday, October 5th, 2019
look dev
SideFX unveils Solaris
Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.
Thursday, August 1st, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Isotropix adds GPU ray tracing in Clarisse iFX 4.0 SP2
It's limited to the 3D viewport, not final output, but it can result in a render speed boost of 'up to 100x'.
Monday, April 29th, 2019
Get started in Clarisse V4
Master Isotropix's powerful set dressing, look dev and rendering software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Saturday, April 6th, 2019
Autodesk unveils Arnold 5.3 with Arnold GPU
Long-awaited update brings a 'first taste' of GPU rendering to Arnold, plus better support for MaterialX.
Monday, March 18th, 2019
SideFX ships Houdini 17.5
Major update to Houdini adds ground-breaking Procedural Dependency Graph, distributed fluid sims, updated Vellum solver.
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
Edit Blender scenes in VR/AR with new free tool BlenderXR
Place, edit and annotate assets in virtual and mixed reality with this neat open-source user interface.
Thursday, November 1st, 2018
Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.05
Real-time rendering toolkit gets new texture baking features, better antialiasing of texture maps, plus two new microsurface shaders.
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
Epic Games releases free Shotgun integration for UE4
New plugin integrates UE4 with the production-tracking system. Includes a Maya FBX exporter for asset review.
Friday, August 31st, 2018
Clarisse Builder launches
Supercharged edition of Isotropix's layout and look dev app puts all of Clarisse iFX's tools into a powerful new node-based environment.
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
Gnomon ships Introduction to Substance Painter 2018
New texturing crash course from Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse aims to take you from 'zero to hero'.
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2018
Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.04
Now available: big update to the real-time toolkit adds scores of new features for rendering, texture baking and the Marmoset Viewer.
Thursday, April 26th, 2018