Motiva ships Layama 1.5
Datasmith creator's unusual tool for turning 3ds Max, Blender and UE4 scenes into 'pseudo VR' gets new option to add interactive hotspots.
Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
V-Ray
Chaos releases Phoenix 4.40 for 3ds Max and Maya
New update to the fluid simulator once known as Phoenix FD adds collision between floating objects.
Friday, April 16th, 2021
Download free parallax maps from wParallax
Add fake 3D interiors to buildings with these 1K and 3K EXR textures for 3ds Max, C4D and Blender. Commercial use.
Monday, March 22nd, 2021
Next Limit ships Maxwell 5.2
Physically based renderer gets GPU support for Multilight, including Nvidia's Ampere GPUs. Now loads Substance .sbsar files.
Friday, March 12th, 2021
Review: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 GPU
See how Nvidia's top-of-the-range Ampere card performs in real-world DCC and GPU rendering tests.
Saturday, February 27th, 2021
Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Update 1
Update adds support for masks in the V-Ray Frame Buffer, better caustics and translucent materials.
Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
Chaos rolls out Chaos Cosmos
New online library of architectural 3D models is optimised for V-Ray and Chaos Vantage. Free to users of selected versions of V-Ray 5.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Chaos Group becomes Chaos
V-Ray developer gets snappier new name and new set of product logos, designed by leading arch viz and branding agency Uniform.
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Pulze ships Post Manager 1.2
Arch viz workflow tool automates assembly of Photoshop files from elements rendered in V-Ray, Corona - and now FStormRender.
Monday, February 22nd, 2021
Creators of Pixar and Disney's hair tech win Academy Awards
Other 2020 Sci-Tech awards go to Shotgun and ftrack Studio and Intel's Embree ray tracing library.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
The 20 most popular Gnomon Workshop tutorials of 2020
Discover 20 video tutorials from the leading digital training firm that no CG artist can afford to miss.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
Discover how to create photorealistic 3D props
Master industry-standard modelling and shading workflows in The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
Download five free loopable OpenVDB smoke animations
Get Between Two Pines' simulated jets of smoke or steam for use in your 3D scenes. Commercial use.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021