Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D
Check out the new features in the renderer, including native OpenPBR and 3D Gaussian Splatting support, and improvements to V-Ray GPU.
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
Maya
These simple free tools convert Maya shaders to Blender
VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy open-source tools convert the aiStandardSurface shader to Blender's Principled BSDF.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Get modular Maya character rig builder Mansur-Rig for free
Updated: Version 2.6 of the facial and full-body rig builder for games, animation and VFX characters comes with this free bird rig.
Friday, January 10th, 2025
Maxon buys Laubwerk
Laubwerk's 3D plant models are now available to Cinema 4D users with Maxon One subscriptions, but are no longer for sale online.
Monday, January 6th, 2025
Tik Manager 4 is a lightweight, robust open-source pipeline tool
Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.
Monday, January 6th, 2025
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, December 19th, 2024
Master Designing Sci-Fi Props for Film
Discover how to create 3D designs that can be turned into physical movie props with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Monday, December 16th, 2024
Łukasz Czyż releases UVPackmaster 3 for Maya
Check out the popular GPU-accelerated UV packing and UV stacking tool, now available for Maya as well as Blender.
Friday, December 13th, 2024
Tutorial - Modeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface Vehicles
Discover to create a truck model suitable for use in a VFX production pipeline with The Gnomon Workshop's best-practice guide.
Sunday, December 8th, 2024
Autodesk open-sources USD for 3ds Max
Source code for the USD add-on for the 3D modeling and animation software is now available under an Apache 2.0 license.
Saturday, December 7th, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.2
GPU renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering options and a USD Command Line Rendering tool for use on render farms.
Thursday, December 5th, 2024
Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.1
Digital sculpting software gets new Quick Polygroup Brush, updated Anchors Brush, tighter integration with the Redshift renderer.
Thursday, December 5th, 2024