Otoy releases OctaneRender 2021.1
GPU production renderer gets new USD importer, Boolean clipping material, volumetric light linking.
Friday, October 29th, 2021
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Watch VIEW Conference 2021 for free
See the international VFX and animation conference free online, or in person in Turin from 17-22 October 2021.
Sunday, October 10th, 2021
Get the free RenderMan for Substance Painter 24.1 plugin
Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Academy Software Foundation adopts MaterialX
Movie industry standards body to oversee future development of the open format for rich material data.
Friday, July 16th, 2021
Pixar ships RenderMan for Blender
New RenderMan integration places the open-source 3D app on the same footing as Maya or Houdini.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Pixar releases RenderMan 24 with RenderMan XPU
Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Multiverse | USD 6.7 ships
Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free.
Monday, June 7th, 2021
Master texturing for production in Mari and Maya
Discover key texturing techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Thursday, May 27th, 2021
Toolchefs ships Atoms VFX 4.0 and AtomsUnreal 2.0
Crowd animation system for Maya and Houdini gets new behaviour tree. UE4 plugin also now updated.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
Create 3d Characters releases Zoo Tools Pro 2.5
Check out the neat new animation features in the popular set of productivity-boosting Maya tools.
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
AWS launches Amazon Nimble Studio for VFX and animation
New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Download free parallax maps from wParallax
Add fake 3D interiors to buildings with these 1K and 3K EXR textures for 3ds Max, C4D and Blender. Commercial use.
Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Otoy unveils OctaneRender 2020.2 and 2021
See what's new in the next major updates to the GPU renderer and its new RNDR+ subscription deal.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020