Get Disney's new USD version of Moana's Motunui Island
Download the new USD version of the legendary production data set, optimised to render in RenderMan.
Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
Ptex
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Download Disney's data set for Motunui island from Moana
Explore the actual production data, now available for research and testing. OBJ format, Ptex textures.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2018
e-on ships Vue 2016 R5 and PlantFactory 2016 R5
Environment-creation software gets new LOD export options, better Ptex support. Plant generator gets new Flower node.
Tuesday, March 27th, 2018
E-on software ships PlantFactory 2016 R3
Plant-creation tool gets new pruning algorithms when manually painting plants; improved export.
Saturday, August 12th, 2017
Otoy reveals its roadmap to OctaneRender 4.0
Support for CPU rendering, skinned characters and Brigade path tracing - plus OctaneImager, an entire new compositing app.
Thursday, April 7th, 2016
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Nuke
Edit V-Ray lights, materials and render properties directly inside Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio.
Tuesday, August 11th, 2015
E-on ships Vue Infinite 2015 and Vue xStream 2015
Updated: Features include a new NPR renderer, GoZ support. Free Personal Learning Edition out now.
Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
E-on software releases PlantFactory 2015
New users of the plant-creation tool get simplified UI and materials workflow; power users get Alembic, Ptex and GoZ support.
Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Check out 2015's hottest Blender R&D projects
Blender Foundation chairman Ton Roosendaal previews the software's upcoming features: from stereo 3D to Alembic and Ptex support.
Monday, January 5th, 2015
DAZ 3D ships DAZ Studio 4.6 Pro
Free figure-posing and animation tool gets OpenSubdiv and Ptex support, new subsurface shader.
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Tutorials: explore Mudbox's texturing capabilities
See how to use it with Maya with Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse and with 3ds Max by Pixel 23's Leandré Hounnake.
Monday, November 19th, 2012
DreamWorks open sources the OpenVDB file format
Updated: Volumetric format used on Puss in Boots due for integration into "next major release" of Houdini.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2012