Download 22 free Megascans 3D trees for Unreal Engine
Get 22 models of black alders in .uasset format with LODs and 8k textures from the new Megascans Trees range.
Sunday, December 19th, 2021
visual effects
iToo Software releases RailClone 5 for 3ds Max
Parametric modelling plugin gets new banking controls for splines; can now distribute lights and VDBs.
Friday, December 17th, 2021
Adobe ships After Effects 22.1
Compositing software gets Universal Text Engine for titling and motion graphics. New Extended Viewport for 3D work now in beta.
Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Download the free Moves by Maxon iOS mocap app
Update: free app can now create 3D scans of objects in Cinema 4D, as well as capturing mocap data.
Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Download the new free Unreal Live Link for Maya
Free tool for streaming animation between Maya and UE4 now supports facial blendshape data.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2021
Foundry ships Katana 5.0
Lighting and look dev software gets new Nuke Bridge for live linking to Nuke comps, updates to the Hydra Viewer and Foresight+ rendering.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
Autodesk ships RV 2022
VFX image viewer and playback system gets support for new open standard OpenTimelineIO. Sales of perpetual licences discontinued.
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021
Create art-directable building demolition FX in Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial shows how to go from empty scene to complete destruction simulation.
Monday, December 13th, 2021
Chaos releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini Update 2
Update to the Houdini edition of the renderer extends V-Ray for Solaris, improves the hair material.
Saturday, December 11th, 2021
e-on software ships Vue and PlantFactory 2021.2
Digital nature tools get new Omniverse connector, support for Redshift and RenderMan materials.
Friday, December 10th, 2021
Isotropix releases Angie in early access
Clarisse's much-anticipated hybrid CPU/GPU renderer available via early access builds of Clarisse 5.5.
Thursday, December 9th, 2021
Autodesk ships Maya 2022.3
Latest version of Maya adds new options for retargeting facial animation. Bifrost, USD, Substance and Arnold plugins all updated.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2022.3
3D modeling and rendering tool gets Per Viewport Filtering options, further updates to Smart Extrude.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021