The best Black Friday and winter 2019 deals for CG artists
Save money this month with these great seasonal deals on CG software, hardware and assets.
Friday, November 29th, 2019
terrain generation
SideFX ships Houdini 18
Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.4
Landscape-generation software's new path tracing render mode is now officially production-ready.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019
Eye candy: Wysilab's 2019 Instant Terra showreel
See tech demos and breakdowns of personal art work created with the promising terrain generator.
Thursday, October 31st, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R3 and PlantFactory R3
Vue gets new orthographic camera and support for V-Ray Next; both apps get better Substance support.
Monday, August 19th, 2019
QuadSpinner ships Gaea 1.0.24
Next-gen terrain design tool now integrates with Houdini. Edit Gaea terrain in Houdini or software compatible with Houdini Engine.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Quixel releases Mixer 2019.2
Free-in-beta material-authoring tool gets new Scatter modifier, updated Pattern modifer, layer blending modes and undo/redo system.
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Master volumetric effects in Houdini
Discover how to create clouds, smoke and fog with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed masterclass.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2019
Esri ships CityEngine 2019.0
Procedural city generation software gets support for PBR materials, glTF export, improved integration with Houdini and Unreal Studio.
Thursday, May 16th, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R2 and PlantFactory R2
Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Master Houdini Terrain Techniques
Discover how to use Houdini's powerful terrain-generation tools with Gnomon's detailed tutorial.
Friday, March 29th, 2019
World Machine 3025 'Alpine Lakes' ships
Terrain-generation tool can now automatically create rivers and lakes according to rainfall and surface flow.
Wednesday, March 20th, 2019
Wysilab introduces perpetual licences for Instant Terra
Promising landscape-generation tool now costs $149 for 8K terrain export, or $199 for unlimited res.
Monday, March 18th, 2019