Chaos updates V-Ray, Corona and Enscape subscription plans
Node-locked licenses of the renderers ended, new ArchDesign, ArchViz and M&E Collection product bundles launched.
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
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Download free 8K HDRIs from VFX artist Simon Lachapelle
Get over 20 high-res HDRIs of natural exteriors and architectural interiors in EXR format, for VFX, visualization and motion graphics.
Monday, May 26th, 2025
Boris FX adds new AI tools to Continuum 2025.5
Effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps get new AI tools for generating masks and depth maps, and fixing glitches. Prices up.
Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
Get free Maya and UE5 rigging tools mGear 5.0 and ueGear 1.0
Check out the latest features in the open-source Maya character rigging and animation framework and its new Unreal Engine bridge.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
LuxCoreRender and BlendLuxCore 2.10 have been released
Development of the open-source CPU/GPU renderer and its Blender plugin now 'back on track' after three years. See what's new.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025
Maxon discontinues ZBrushCore and ZBrushCoreMini
Sales and downloads of the cut-down editions of ZBrush to end on 30 May 2025, but a new 'freemium' desktop version is 'on its way'.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2025
Cebas releases thinkingParticles 7.4 for 3ds Max
Check out the latest features in the particle and physics plugin, including the new Explosion Tool and 160+ new scripting functions.
Friday, May 16th, 2025
Movella releases mocap software Xsens Animate 2025
Software for processing data from inertial mocap systems gets separate new anatomy models for male and female actors.
Thursday, May 15th, 2025
Chaos adds Chaos Scans to Cosmos for V-Ray 7 Update 1
V-Ray 7.1 update makes 3,000+ scanned real-world materials accessible via the Cosmos browser, available to all V-Ray subscribers.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
Get free Blender modeling and scattering add-on BagaPie 11
'Biggest update yet' to the popular free Blender modifier adds 20 new tools, including generators for doors, windows and bolts.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
Review: HP Z4 Rack G5 rackmount workstation
How does HP's rackable graphics workstation compare to a desktop system in real-world rendering and CG tests? Jason Lewis finds out.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
SPECviewperf 15 adds Blender and UE5 tests to the benchmark
New version of the veteran graphics benchmark for testing workstations reflects recent changes to CG software and industry pipelines.
Monday, May 5th, 2025
Download Figment's free UDIM Globe toolset
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