Chaos, Epic Games, Foundry, Otoy, SideFX join Alliance for OpenUSD
Industry body to guide OpenUSD development gets new members, and enters agreement to ensure interoperability with glTF.
Wednesday, December 13th, 2023
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Left Angle releases Autograph 2023.11
'Biggest release yet' of the next-gen tool for motion design and VFX adds new options for working with vector shapes, text and audio.
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 2
Sizeable update to the production renderer adds MaterialX support, new Enscape bridge, and updates to V-Ray GPU and Chaos Scatter.
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 12.2
Check out the new features in the 3D clothing design software, including an automatic UV packing system and better USD support.
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
Autodesk releases Maya 2024.2 and Maya Creative 2024.2
3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2024.2
Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and rendering software, including updates to Booleans, animation and USD for 3ds Max.
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 4.0
Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
Open-source VFX pipeline builder Prism 2.0 is now available
Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
Foundry releases Katana 7.0
Heavyweight lighting and look dev software gets new Native USD framework to power up USD workflows. Live Rendering now 'up to twice as fast'.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.2
Sizeable update to the AI-assisted character animation software adds audio capabilities, plus support for USD files and quad meshes.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Autodesk adds MaterialX support to USD for 3ds Max 0.5
Update to the USD integration plugin makes it possible to author, import or export MaterialX materials from 3ds Max.
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Substance 3D Designer to get new Hydra viewport
Change will let artists use apps like RenderMan or OctaneRender as viewport renderers inside Designer. Native MaterialX support also due.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023