Universal Scene Description

Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Sunday, October 6th, 2024

Check out the new features in the next major update to the renderer, including 3D Gaussian Splatting, and updates to V-Ray GPU and the VFB.

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Sizeable update to the AI-assisted animation app adds AutoPhysics based character interaction, and support for facial blendshapes.

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Check out the new features in the digital sculpting tool, including USDZ export. Subscriptions also now include ZBrush for iPad.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

French movie trade organization CST's free tool offers an intuitive way to explore USD scenes. Now plays back animations in USD scenes, too.

Sunday, September 8th, 2024

Now out of beta: discover the key features for VFX artists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.

Monday, September 2nd, 2024

Now out of beta: new features in the 3D compositing app include an AI-based tracker, new roto tools, and updates to USD workflows.

Monday, September 2nd, 2024

Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.

Tuesday, August 13th, 2024

Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Sizeable update to the tracking app extends the new 3D tracking toolset, and adds Alembic export and direct export to After Effects.

Monday, July 29th, 2024