Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
Experimental cloud-based tool generates PBR materials and texture maps from real-world reference photos. Find more details here.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Update to the open-source Maya rigging and animation framework resolves compatibility issues with popular blendshape editor Shapes.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Check out the changes to the 3ds Max hair plugin for games and VFX, including a new Warp Roots modifier to help groom feathers.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Check out the changes to the Maya plugin for creating hair and fur for games and VFX, including fast new workflows for braiding hair.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2025
Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.
Friday, August 29th, 2025
Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.
Thursday, August 28th, 2025
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
First big update to the new edition of V-Ray for Blender users adds support for Geometry Nodes and a Cycles-to-V-Ray material converter.
Tuesday, August 26th, 2025
Check out the price and key specs for the 'industry first' pen display with Calman Ready built in for color calibration for high-end CG work.
Monday, August 25th, 2025
Check out the new machine learning models in the pro upscaling plugin for compositing and video editing applications.
Friday, August 22nd, 2025
SDK for developers looking to integrate FidelityFX tech into their apps now includes latest version of the AI image upscaling system.
Thursday, August 21st, 2025