Adobe's Firefly AI art toolset: everything you need to know
Now available commercially: read our updated FAQs for Adobe's new suite of generative AI tools.
Friday, July 14th, 2023
public beta
Check out promising new NURBS modeller Plasticity
Now shipping: check out this streamlined tool for 3D modelling and concept design, described as 'CAD for artists'.
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.1
Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Marmoset releases Toolbag 4.05
Real-time rendering and look dev app gets new texture painting features, light baking, USD support.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
Autodesk releases USD for 3ds Max 0.3
Third beta of the plugin adds a USD Stage Object for referencing entire USD scenes inside 3ds Max.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for SketchUp
SketchUp edition of the renderer now supports lights and materials from visualisation app Enscape.
Tuesday, October 4th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 0.26
New free beta of the VR sculpting software adds stroke stabilisation and long-awaited stamp system.
Friday, September 30th, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D
Check out the new features in this major update to the renderer, several unique to the C4D edition.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for Maya
Check out the new features in the Maya edition of the renderer, from Enmesh geometry replication to support for USD volume shaders.
Wednesday, August 31st, 2022
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2022.2
Real-time visualisation software gets new HDRI backdrop system, and physics-based layout tools.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max
Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.
Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta
Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Omniverse XR 2022.1 ships
First public beta of Nvidia's latest Omniverse app lets users review production-complexity USD scenes in virtual reality with full ray tracing.
Monday, June 27th, 2022