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
look development
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0 in free public beta
Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
Pixar releases RenderMan 26.2
Check out the latest update to the production renderer, including a new advanced configuration for the denoiser, and EL9 Linux builds.
Saturday, August 24th, 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
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2.2
Real-time lighting design software can now 'paint' highlights and shadows directly into interactive renders from Blender.
Wednesday, July 17th, 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
Tutorial: Creating a Hero Weapon for Games
Discover how to model, texture and render production-quality weapons and props for videogames with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide.
Friday, June 28th, 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
Free tool: paint textures in Blender with HAS Paint Layers
Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.
Thursday, June 6th, 2024
ASWF, Adobe, Autodesk launch OpenPBR 1.0
New open shading model intended to supersede both Adobe and Autodesk's standard materials reaches its milestone 1.0 release.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024