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Ex-Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's shot review tool is engineered for serious VFX and animation work.

Sunday, November 24th, 2019

CryEngine 5.6 to add layered microfacet materials. CryEngine 5.7 to see real-time ray tracing, big animation update.

Monday, May 13th, 2019

Industry open-source initiative to 'support and drive collaboration' around OpenCue render manager.

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

Update improves Mari's handling of colour spaces and selection groups. Mac users get the same features - but in Mari 3.4, not 4.1.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2018

Experimental version of the game engine capable of 'really good' looking ray tracing is now available on GitHub under a MIT license.

Friday, March 13th, 2026

See what's new in the promising alternative to the Substance tools for texture painting and material authoring. Free to indie artists.

Thursday, March 12th, 2026

Check out the latest features in the free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting software.

Thursday, March 12th, 2026

Inexpensive add-on adds animated crowds to 3D scenes for animation or visualization - now including a ragdoll system for action shots.

Thursday, March 12th, 2026

New Blender Fractals pack generates lightweight, animatable 3D fractals for motion graphics, VFX or illustration work.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2026

Veteran terrain generation software for games and VFX to get support for Macs and Linux systems after 20+ years as a Windows-only tool.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2026