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
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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
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.1
Check out the new features in the material authoring software, including updates to the Spline tools and node graph.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Get 6 free smoke and fire effects sequences from FX BackPack
Get free smoke and fire FX as 2K ProRes files or sequences of VDB files optimized for rendering in Blender. For commercial use.
Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.18
Check out the new features in the virtual reality modeling software, including improvements to file export and primitives workflow.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
Tutorial: Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in Houdini
Create a creature, environment and FX simulation entirely in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.
Saturday, January 4th, 2025
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 24.12.19
Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.
Monday, December 30th, 2024
Tutorial: Introduction to Marvelous Designer
Get started with the industry-standard tool for creating clothing for 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's beginners' guide.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
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
RandomControl releases Maverick Indie and Maverick Studio 2024
Check out the new features in the GPU renderers, including initial USD support and a complete new animation system.
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
Terragen Sky now lets you paint clouds into the sky directly
Check out the neat new Sky Paint tools in the December 2024 update to the sky-creation tool for VFX, visualization and games work.
Friday, December 20th, 2024
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.8
Environment generation software gets highly multithreaded rendering, plus heightfield export to 16-bit TIFFs for Unity and Unreal Engine.
Friday, December 20th, 2024
Leopoly releases Shapelab 2025 and Shapelab Lite
Check out the new features in the sculpting tool for VR and desktop systems, and its new lower-cost edition for Meta Quest 3 headsets.
Wednesday, December 18th, 2024