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Maya

New version of the veteran graphics benchmark for testing workstations reflects recent changes to CG software and industry pipelines.

Monday, May 5th, 2025

Free Photoshop scripts convert high-res planetary textures to UDIMs for use in VFX and animation, in apps like 3ds Max, Blender, Maya.

Sunday, May 4th, 2025

Real-time renderer gets support for light linking, lens effects, and Shader Execution Reordering on NVIDIA GPUs. See all the new features.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

Soft tissue simulation and render denoising system win tech 'Oscars', due to be presented at a ceremony tonight. Check out the other winners.

Tuesday, April 29th, 2025

Create a FACS-based facial rig suitable for VFX or animation work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed Maya tutorial.

Saturday, April 26th, 2025

Discover how to animate run cycles, combat and death moves in Maya with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly tutorial.

Monday, April 21st, 2025

Check out the feature set of the much-anticipated tool for creating VFX assets for games, its workflow, its release date, and its likely price.

Thursday, April 17th, 2025

Add-on lets you send characters from Character Creator to MetaTailor with one-click, fit 3D clothing to them, then send them back to CC4.

Thursday, April 17th, 2025

Crowd animation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine gets a complete traffic simulation system, and a new viewport renderer.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

Big update to the renderer adds OpenPBR support. See the other new features for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

'First ever path-tracing solution' for virtual production lets studios render existing V-Ray assets on LED walls in real time for in-camera VFX.

Monday, March 31st, 2025

Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including toon shading on GPU, and new HTML viewer for render statistics.

Friday, March 28th, 2025