3ds Max 2018 will include Arnold, not Mental Ray
Max 2018 to include a limited-use version of Arnold in place of Iray or Mental Ray when it ships this April.
Friday, March 24th, 2017
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NewTek previews LightWave Next
Updated: Check out the neat new cel-shading options coming up in the next release of LightWave.
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
Unity Technologies unveils Unity 2017 product roadmap
Features to include new cinematics toolsets, a scriptable rendering pipeline, and a new C# job system.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
Silicon Studio to release Xenko game engine commercially
Open source C# engine from firm behind Final Fantasy XV's render tech to go commercial in April.
Friday, February 24th, 2017
Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
Imagineer Systems releases Mocha VR
New planar tracking tool lets artists work on 360-degree footage in After Effects, Nuke and Fusion.
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Nvidia unveils six new Quadro workstation GPUs
New cards complete Nvidia's Pascal product line-up - and bring the ultra-high-end GP100 from server to desktop.
Tuesday, February 7th, 2017
The best new hardware for CG artists from CES 2017
See our pick of the most desirable new kit: from 27" pen displays and 8K monitors to facial scanners.
Tuesday, January 10th, 2017
Adobe releases Project Felix in beta
Simple rendering and compositing app is free to anyone with a current paid Creative Cloud subscription.
Friday, December 23rd, 2016
Sneak peek: V-Ray 3.5 for 3ds Max
New video: New features will include resumable rendering and major updates to V-Ray RT GPU.
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
Serif releases Affinity Photo for Windows
Now shipping: Promising sub-$50 32-bit image editor now available for Windows as well as Mac OS X.
Thursday, December 8th, 2016
Oculus ships its Quill and Medium VR art tools
Videos: New virtual reality painting and sculpting tools come free with the new Oculus Touch controller.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2016
Unity Technologies to make Anima2D available for free
Popular Unity skeletal 2D animation toolset to become free in January. Developer Sergi Valls joins Unity.
Monday, December 5th, 2016