Sneak peek: Blender's new Eevee real-time render engine
Check out the feature set for the new, not-quite-PBR real-time render engine due in Blender 2.8 this year.
Friday, March 24th, 2017
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VFX techniques: how to build a photorealistic 3D city
Past Rodeo FX environment lead Jeremy Boissinot breaks down his workflow on Jack the Giant Slayer.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
Eye candy: Unity's amazing photorealistic Adam demo
Updated: See the complete, near-six-minute short. Runs in real time on a single GeForce GTX 980.
Monday, June 20th, 2016
Watch a free masterclass on 3D environment work
See Alex Alvarez's class on creating photorealistic 3D environments at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday, or watch free onine.
Monday, May 30th, 2016
Nvidia announces Iray VR and Iray VR Lite
Firm unveils two new editions of its GPU-based rendering technology designed for virtual reality work.
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Gnomon releases Octane Render for Maya training
Six-hour tutorial provides a full guide to shading, lighting and rendering with Otoy's GPU-based renderer.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016
Luxion launches KeyShot plugins for Maya, Cinema 4D
Free add-ons let users access the renderer directly from their software or export BIP files without KeyShot.
Saturday, August 15th, 2015
Luxion unveils KeyShot 6
New video: next update to the renderer to add node-based material system, interior lighting, region rendering.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015
Marmoset releases Toolbag 2.07
Turn models into photorealistic 3D presentations to view in a browser with the new Marmoset Viewer.
Friday, June 5th, 2015
CL3VER launches CL3VER 3.0
Updated: Online service for turning 3D models into interactive online demos now priced at $50/month.
Friday, May 8th, 2015
Eisko ships PBR character shader pack for Unity 5
SSS skin shader used in digital doubles firm's real-time demos now available via the Unity Asset Store.
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Download organic art software Substance for free
Get Stephane Marty's intuitive 3D fractal and organic art tool and the Emulsion physically based renderer.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
Videos: Pixologic unveils ZBrush 4R7
Updated: new high-speed demo shows the ZModeler poly modelling toolset and the KeyShot bridge.
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014