Get the new Unity and UE5 Substance plugins
Edit .sbsar materials inside the latest versions of the game engines with Adobe's new free plugins.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
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Eye candy: Pixar's 2022 RenderMan showreel
See the best new animations, visual effects movies and TV series created using the veteran renderer.
Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.4 for Blender and Maya
Free physically based renderer gets new Atmosphere and Fog system, shadow override controls.
Thursday, June 9th, 2022
Blender 3.2 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
AMD releases USD Hydra plugin for Blender 1.1
Free plugin for composing and rendering USD scenes in Blender can now export animated USD files.
Friday, June 3rd, 2022
How to design animation backgrounds in Blender
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create a futuristic city using the open-source 3D app.
Monday, May 30th, 2022
Reallusion ships iClone 8
Updated with new video: check out the new features in this major update to the real-time animation software, along with its new pricing.
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
Discover how to create a stylized 3D character
Master current character design tools and workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, May 22nd, 2022
Discover five key features for CG artists in Unity 2022.1
See Unity's new tools for material variants and splines, and updates to 2D art and virtual production.
Friday, May 13th, 2022
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.04
Real-time rendering toolkit gets physically accurate DoF, lens flares and motion blur. GPU ray tracing now supported on AMD hardware.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Foundry ships Modo 16.0
3D animation and rendering tool gets new modelling, deformation and task-automation features. $199 add-on NPR Kit 2 included for free.
Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 1.2
Scene layout and rendering app gets new Project materials panel, real-time environment shadows.
Wednesday, April 27th, 2022
U-Render releases U-Render 2022.4 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering toolset, SSGI and multi-materials.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2022