Get Allan McKay's new free 18-hour VFX training course
Create a complete reverse-gravity destruction FX shot in 3ds Max and Nuke. Includes source footage and project files.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
rendering
Mercenaries Engineering ships Guerilla Render 1.4.1
Heavyweight renderer gets image Denoising system, new hair shader, innovative OpenEXR/Id technology.
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
Marmoset releases Toolbag 3
Now shipping: Big update to the rendering toolkit adds animation support, real-time GI, texture baking, and Unity and UE4 export.
Friday, November 25th, 2016
Chaos Group invests €2 million in CL3VER
Online service to turn 3D models into presentations to get V-Ray rendering. New products in beta.
Thursday, November 24th, 2016
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2017.1
Update adds support for Blended Box mapping, versatile new Data Channel modifier. Arnold plugin and Asset Library also updated.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Pixar releases RenderMan 21 Non-Commercial
Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2017
Eric Keller's 18-hour training video provides a complete guide to professional workflows in Maya.
Friday, November 11th, 2016
Trimble ships SketchUp 2017
3D modelling software gets new graphics pipeline and Extension Manager. Pro users get tables in LayOut, plus better DWG export.
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
E-on ships Vue Infinite 2016 and Vue xStream 2016
Videos: Digital nature tools get new hybrid GPU renderer, heightfield terrains, improved export options.
Friday, November 4th, 2016
Maxon picks AMD's Radeon ProRender for Cinema 4D
OpenCL-based GPU render engine will be integrated into Cinema 4D over the next few release cycles.
Monday, October 31st, 2016
Act-3D unveils Lumion 7
Video: See the teaser for the real-time visualisation tool. No feature list, but it's out next week.
Thursday, October 27th, 2016
Watch a free one-hour Redshift training workshop
Naughty Dog's Christophe Desse explains how to use the renderer in production at Gnomon tomorrow. Watch free online.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
The Foundry ships Modo 10.2
Videos: Big new update revamps MeshFusion, adds new procedural modelling and auto retopology options. See them all in action here.
Thursday, October 13th, 2016