Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.2
Latest Max update adds new Smart Extrude system and Spline Chamfer modifier, nine more OSL shaders.
Wednesday, August 26th, 2020
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Use Blender's Cycles renderer inside Houdini with hdCycles
Now shipping: Tangent Animation's neat free plugin makes Blender a Hydra render delegate in Houdini.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Boris FX ships Boris FX Suite
New all-in-one subscription-only product bundle gives access to all of the firm's VFX and motion graphics tools at a reduced rate.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Unity to pay $120,000/year to fund Blender development
Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020
Create subtle performances for your animated characters
Master nuance in animation with ILM lead animator Ted Lister's new tutorials for Gnomon Workshop.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
Download KitBash3D's free Neo City buildings kit
Get futuristic 3D buildings in the native formats of 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya, Houdini, UE4 and Unity. For commercial use.
Monday, August 17th, 2020
Free tool EbSynth turns video into hand-painted animation
Now in beta: neat app applies the look of hand-painted stills to video. Now exports direct to After Effects.
Friday, August 14th, 2020
Watch Gnomon's masterclass on creating a fantasy creature
Take a CG creature from concept to final render with Avengers artist Babak Bina's five-hour masterclass.
Monday, August 10th, 2020
Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal
New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.
Saturday, August 8th, 2020
Eye candy: SideFX's 2020 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best new VFX work done in Houdini, plus breakdown videos of how the effects were created.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Master natural environment creation for visual effects
Create detailed environments in Houdini and Clarisse iFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Boris FX's new Optics app gives 'VFX for photographers'
New Photoshop plugin and standalone image-editing app includes key filters from Sapphire.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Epic Games will pay you $10,000 to learn Unreal Engine
New Unreal Fellowship program will pay VFX and games pros to do four weeks of online UE4 training.
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020