Create game characters with CC Auto Setup for 3ds Max and V-Ray
[Sponsored] Discover how Reallusion's free plugin streamlines the transfer of characters from Character Creator 4 to 3ds Max.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2024
look dev
Foundry releases Katana 8.0
Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
Autodesk releases Maya 2025.3
Update to the 3D animation tool reworks Boolean modeling, and introduces OpenPBR support and interesting new simulation features.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0
Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.
Monday, October 14th, 2024
Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 3.3 for Houdini
Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver, including support for height fields as collision sources.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
Check out the new ML Deformer in Maya 2025.2
Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
Free tool: Character Creator Auto Setup for 3ds Max
Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.5
Material authoring and 3D capture software can now send materials directly to 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Unity and Unreal Engine 5.
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Tutorial: Recreating a Historical Portrait in 3D
Discover how to create a realistic 3D character from scan data with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide to character art.
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features
Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Sneak peek: Houdini 20.5
See all the key features in the next major update to Houdini, from modeling, animation and simulation to the COPERNICUS framework.
Friday, June 14th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.4
Material-authoring app gets new generative AI features for creating textures or patterns from text prompts and refererence images.
Friday, May 24th, 2024
Autodesk releases Maya 2025.1
Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from updates to LookdevX to a sneak peek at character rigging in Bifrost.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024