Chaos releases Chaos Vantage 1.8
Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
Unreal Engine
Sneak peek: Houdini 19.5
See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.
Monday, July 18th, 2022
This neat free plugin lets you import OpenVDBs into UE5
Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2022.2
Real-time visualisation software gets new HDRI backdrop system, and physics-based layout tools.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
Free feather and hair nodes for Substance 3D Designer
Neat add-ons generate textures for use inside game engines like UE5, complete with flow and ID maps.
Monday, July 11th, 2022
Get FluidNinja VFX Tools for Unreal Engine for free
Popular add-on for baking fluid simulations to flipbooks and flowmaps in UE4 and UE5 is free during July 2022.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2022
Kinetix releases Kinetix 1.5
Check out the new features in the browser-based tool for turning video footage into 3D animation. You can use it for free in beta.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya
Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
Download Epic Games' free Animation Field Guide
New free 120-page e-book provides an overview of real-time production with Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
Tutorial: Unreal Engine 5 Material System Overview
Get started with materials in UE5 with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new introductory tutorial.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Get the new Unity and UE5 Substance plugins
Edit .sbsar materials inside the latest versions of the game engines with Adobe's new free plugins.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
Get the free 'mesh to MetaHuman' plugin for Unreal Engine
New Epic Games plugin turns facial scans and sculpts into next-gen MetaHuman characters for use in Maya or UE5.
Friday, June 10th, 2022
Download free Houdini tools from Project Titan
Updated: get five new free tools from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 tech demo, plus its Houdini Engine for UE5 plugin.
Sunday, June 5th, 2022