Pixar releases RenderMan 27
'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.
Friday, November 14th, 2025
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Unreal Engine 5.7 is here: see five key features for CG artists
See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.3
3D software for architectural visualization and VFX gets updates to the Conform Modifier, Material Switcher and USD workflows.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Autodesk releases Maya 2026.3 and Maya Creative 2026.3
Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from new character rigging features to destruction simulation in Bifrost.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Download free high-resolution HDRIs from CGEES.com
Get 25 free HDRIs of natural and urban environments in HDR format at up to 24,576 x 12,288px resolution. CC0 license, for commercial use.
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
You can still get Modo for free, even if you weren't a Modo user
Final release of the 3D modeling, animation and rendering software is available under an extended EOL license, but grab it soon.
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025
Download 25 free ultra-high-resolution HDRIs from Open HDRI
Get ultra-high-resolution HDRIs for visualization, VFX and games projects from the new online asset library. EXR format, CC0 license.
Monday, October 27th, 2025
Master hard-surface modeling for concept art in Autodesk Fusion
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Introduction to Fusion provides a complete beginner's guide to using Fusion for concept design.
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.4
Check out the changes in the latest update to the GPU production renderer, including support for macOS Tahoe in Octane X.
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 2025.10
Latest release of the open-source game engine is mainly a bugfix update, but it lays the groundwork for changes to the Material Pipeline.
Monday, October 20th, 2025
Apple unveils its new M5 chip
Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Chaos releases Vantage 3.0
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
Atlux λ 2 puts a virtual 3D scanning studio in Unreal Engine
Big update to the UE5 product and portfolio rendering plugin also lets you generate virtual scan data for use in 3D Gaussian Splatting apps.
Tuesday, October 14th, 2025