Sneak peek: Chaos Scatter in V-Ray for Maya
Chaos's versatile object scattering tool is coming to the Maya edition of the renderer. See a demo here.
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
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Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.14
Production renderer gets new sky model, new Flakes shader for car paint, new Renderview Backplate, and more updates to Redshift RT.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Maxon releases Spring 2023 Red Giant updates
Check out the new tools in Maxon's Magic Bullet, Trapcode, Universe and VFX suites of effects plugins.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.1
Material authoring and 3D capture software gets new Paint Warp filter to straighten scanned textures.
Friday, March 31st, 2023
Ephere releases Ornatrix Maya v4
Maya hair plugin's Graft Grooms system makes it possible to create entire hair grooms in a few clicks.
Friday, March 31st, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.1
See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2023.2
3D animation and motion graphics app gets new Thicken generator, updates to Pyro simulations and the Commander.
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Maxon ships ZBrush 2023.1
Digital sculpting app gets neat new Proxy Pose and Drop 3D systems, but the new features are currently only available via subscriptions.
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Autodesk releases Maya 2024
Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2024
3D modelling and rendering app gets new Boolean modifier, new material nodes, enhanced animation tools, and OCIO support.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.5
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Pilgway releases 3DCoatTextura 2023
Lower-cost edition of 3DCoat for texture painting gets new colour smoothing tool, better UV mapping.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
RandoMixer randomises your 3ds Max scenes
Neat new plugin quickly generates variant looks for 3D models, 3D scenes - or even 3D characters.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2023