Epic Games releases free 3D scanning app RealityScan
Neat free photogrammetry app lets you generate high-quality 3D models with your smartphone.
Thursday, December 1st, 2022
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Epic Games Slovakia releases RealityCapture 1.2.1
Photogrammetry app now exports low-res scans to Sketchfab without using credits. Update also improves export to UE5.
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022
Sneak peek: Substance 3D Sampler's 3D scanning tools
Check out the material authoring app's highly automated new 'best in class' photogrammetry toolset.
Friday, September 16th, 2022
Blender 3.3 LTS ships
See our pick of the 5 key new features in the open-source 3D software, from new hair grooming tools to better planar tracking.
Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
Blender 3.1 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D software, from faster renders in Cycles to new procedural modelling nodes.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Discover how to create hi-res custom trees with SpeedTree
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create hero-quality assets with the tree authoring tool.
Sunday, February 20th, 2022
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2022.1
Real-time visualisation tool gets new GPU path tracer, HDRI skydomes, support for point clouds.
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.27
See our pick of UE4's new features, from more in-camera visual effects tools to multi-GPU lightmap baking.
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Autodesk ships Flame 2022
Compositing, finishing and effects software gets new machine-learning-based camera tracker, NDI support for remote review sessions.
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
Agisoft ships Metashape 1.7
Check out the new features in the photogrammetry tool, including faster depth map generation and integration with laser scan data.
Friday, January 8th, 2021
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.26
Read our pick of the new features, from water and volumetric clouds to Booleans and GPU lightmapping.
Friday, December 4th, 2020
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.3
Update to the 3D software adds new retopology tools and support for bloom effects in the viewport.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
Pixar ships RenderMan 23.5
Update to the production renderer adds new motion blur algorithm for volumes, and improves support for Houdini's Solaris layout toolset.
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020