Discover 5 key new features from Blender 2.93 LTS
See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
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Discover how to create beatboards for pre-production
Create compelling illustrations of story beats for project pitches with The Gnomon Workshop's guide for storyboard artists.
Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
AXYZ Design launches anima ALL subscriptions
All-in-one deal includes crowd animation tool anima and 1,600 3D characters for under $800/year.
Monday, May 31st, 2021
Master texturing for production in Mari and Maya
Discover key texturing techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Thursday, May 27th, 2021
Check out Maya cloth tearing plugin TearKnit FX
Animate torn cloth without simulation with this unusual procedural geometry-based tool.
Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Intel releases Open Image Denoise 1.4
Check out this major update to the CPU-based render denoising system used in Blender and Unity.
Monday, May 24th, 2021
Download the free Maya 2022 Bonus Tools
Get Autodesk's handy free set of Maya add-ons, now with real-time Boolean modelling tool Speed Cut.
Thursday, May 20th, 2021
Get ZBrushCoreMini 2021: the new free edition of ZBrush
Free non-commercial edition of ZBrush gets new sculpting brushes and now renders turntable movies.
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
Insydium buys Terraform4D
Promising art-directable Cinema 4D terrain-generation plugin was just five months old when the X-Particles creators snapped it up.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Check out neat free Houdini sparse GPU fluid solver Axiom
Updated: See what's new in Build 6 of the GPU-based alternative to Houdini's own Sparse Pyro solver.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Isotropix ships Clarisse 5.0
Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Epic Games buys ArtStation
Top online portfolio service will stay open to non-games artists and Unreal Engine users. Sales fees on ArtStation Marketplace reduced.
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
AWS launches Amazon Nimble Studio for VFX and animation
New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.
Thursday, April 29th, 2021