Das Element uses AI to sort your VFX asset library
Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organised library of assets using a VFX-specific AI model. See the new features in Das Element 1.2.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
macOS
Enscape releases Enscape for Mac
Try the new macOS edition of the popular real-time architectural renderer. Initially for SketchUp only.
Thursday, July 28th, 2022
Material Maker 1.0 is out
Hotly tipped open-source material authoring and 3D texture painting app gets its milestone 1.0 release. Check out all of its new features.
Sunday, July 24th, 2022
Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta
Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Soft8Soft ships Verge3D 4.5
Check out the new features in the toolkit for turning 3ds Max, Blender and Maya scenes into interactive browser and mobile apps.
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Boris FX releases Sapphire 2022.5
Suite of effects plugins gets more lens flares and light leaks; multi-GPU support in DaVinci Resolve.
Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Check out Gigapixel AI 6.1
AI-based tool upscales images up to 600% without losing detail, including 3D renders. Includes new dedicated facial upscaling system.
Friday, May 20th, 2022
Inkscape 1.2 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets batch image export, support for multi-page documents, plus a lot of workflow improvements.
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
Michael Gibson unveils MoI 5
Intuitive NURBS modelling software gets new dark UI theme, SVG import/export, native M1 support. Now in beta for users of MoI 4.
Monday, May 16th, 2022
Open 3D Foundation releases Open 3D Engine 22.05
Open-source game engine gets new animation synthesis system, 'remixable materials', updates to the Atom renderer.
Friday, May 13th, 2022
Matt Puchala releases Axiom 2.2 for Houdini
GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver gets new profiling tools. Native Metal support now in beta.
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
Blender 3.1 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D software, from faster renders in Cycles to new procedural modelling nodes.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
SideFX releases the Houdini 19 Apple Silicon build
New preview build of the VFX-industry-standard app adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022