Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 10.1
Check out the changes to the 3D texture painting app, including the Embroidery decal material, eight new filters, and better USD support.
Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
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Nekki releases Cascadeur 2024.2
Sizeable update to the AI-assisted animation app adds AutoPhysics based character interaction, and support for facial blendshapes.
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025
Check out the latest features in the 3D animation and motion graphics app. Redshift GPU renderer now bundled with every subscription.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Maxon releases ZBrush 2025
Check out the new features in the digital sculpting tool, including USDZ export. Subscriptions also now include ZBrush for iPad.
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
3D-Info is a lightweight open-source viewer for USD scenes
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
iCity 1.1 generates procedural 3D cities inside Blender
Plan out city layouts and have this neat tool populate them with 3D buildings. Now exports to other applications in USD format.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
Tools to watch in Fall 2024: Style3D Atelier and Simulator
Check out this promising new 3D clothing design tool for VFX and game development, and its Unreal Engine cloth simulation plugin.
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
Check out the new features in Unigine 2.19
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
Check out cloud-based 3D model optimization service RapidPipeline
Data-preparation service converts models between 3D formats, remeshes them or generates LODs. Integrates directly into Blender.
Tuesday, August 20th, 2024
OpenUSD now supports Vulkan
Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
Call of Duty: Warzone's Caldera map is now a free USD data set
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
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2025.1
Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.
Friday, August 2nd, 2024
Check out the new ML Deformer in Maya 2025.2
Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024