Lightmap adds new Lumi-Curve system to HDR Light Studio 9
Interesting new feature in the real-time lighting design tool lets artists use freeform curves as light sources to create artistic streaks and trails.
Friday, July 18th, 2025
OctaneRender
Chaos backs the Blender Development Fund
Renderer developer's €30,000/year contribution to the open-source 3D app follows the release of the new official edition of V-Ray for Blender.
Friday, July 11th, 2025
Create outline renders in Blender with the free Octane Edge Tools
Create customisable anime-style outline renders in Blender and OctaneRender using Lino Grandi's neat new free add-on.
Tuesday, June 24th, 2025
Pulze releases new network render manager RenderFlow 1.0
Artist-friendly renderfarm manager for visualization and VFX supports 3ds Max, Blender and Fusion, with C4D, Maya and Houdini to come.
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2025
Itoosoft releases RailClone 7
Popular parametric modeling plugin gets versatile new Spline Operators, and procedural systems for creating windows, walls, ceilings and cables.
Friday, May 30th, 2025
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.2
Check out the changes to the GPU renderer, including support for OIDN denoising on NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs and Apple Silicon processors.
Saturday, May 17th, 2025
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2025
Check out the new features in the 3D software, including viewport path tracing, a new Toon Filter, and new rigging and animation tools.
Friday, April 18th, 2025
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.1
Check out the new features in the next major production version of the GPU renderer, including new decal and lens effects systems.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
AMD launches Radeon RX 9070 XT and Radeon RX 9070
First RDNA 4 GPUs get strong reviews in the gaming press. But how do they fare in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve?
Friday, March 7th, 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
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
Ephere releases Ornatrix 3 for Cinema 4D
Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.
Friday, November 15th, 2024
Tutorial: Concepting & Illustrating a Sword for Games
Master professional concept design techniques in ZBrush, Blender and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, October 27th, 2024