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Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Popular real-time smoke and fire simulator gets support for ground plane shadows, and initial support for importing skinned meshes.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.

Thursday, October 5th, 2023

Online service rigs 3D humanoids, animals and vehicles for use in real-time applications. Now comes with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5 add-ons.

Monday, October 2nd, 2023

But the firm 'continues to invest' in Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Megascans, Twinmotion and RealityCapture, despite 830 job cuts.

Friday, September 29th, 2023

Check out the neat $20 Geometry Nodes-based add-on, capable of generating simple, good-looking fluid sims in 'semi-realtime'.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

See the month's best new 3D assets, including free 3D vehicles and props - and even a complete Sketchfab animated short.

Monday, September 18th, 2023

Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modelling app and its UE5-based real-time renderer.

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Master professional lighting workflows in Unreal Engine 5 with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023