Lumion releases Lumion View for SketchUp
New real-time design exploration and visualization plugin lets users generate ray traced 4K renders inside the 3D modeling software.
Thursday, May 1st, 2025
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Chaos releases Vantage 2.8
Real-time renderer gets support for light linking, lens effects, and Shader Execution Reordering on NVIDIA GPUs. See all the new features.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
Unity 6.1: discover 5 key features for CG artists
See the key features in the game engine and real-time renderer, from better 3D water to Variable Rate Shading and Deferred+ rendering.
Friday, April 25th, 2025
Chaos releases Corona 12 Update 2 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Update to the renderer adds over 3,100 Chaos Scans materials to the Cosmos library, and improves DoF and volumetric effects.
Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Hair Cinematic Tool 2.0 simplifies hair shading in Unreal Engine 5
Argentum Studio's in-house tool simplifies the process of lighting and rendering hair and fur in Unreal Engine 5.5. Free for a month.
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025
Get the free version of ZibraVDB for Unreal Engine and Houdini
Updated: free version of the real-time volumetric effects tool for games and virtual production is now available for Houdini as well as Unreal Engine.
Friday, April 18th, 2025
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1.1
Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization software, including support for DLSS 4 and a new procedural 3D grass material.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
RandomControl releases Maverick Indie and Maverick Studio 2025.1
See the the new features in the GPU renderers, including better USD support and the option to import and render skinned characters.
Monday, April 14th, 2025
Tutorial: Creating Photorealistic 3D Environments
Create portfolio-worthy 3D terrain in World Creator and Blender with the help of The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
Foundry unveils new ICVFX and virtual production tool Nuke Stage
New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.
Friday, April 11th, 2025
Get versions of the free Thinkbox tools that work with 3ds Max 2026
Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.4
Big update to the renderer adds OpenPBR support. See the other new features for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users.
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.2
3D animation and motion graphics app gets integrated Spline Modifiers and updates to particle simulation. Liquid simulation 'coming soon'.
Thursday, April 3rd, 2025