Isotropix unveils Angie
Updated, new demo: Check out the FAQs for Clarisse iFX's next-gen CPU/GPU render engine, and see how it performs on gaming GPUs.
Friday, September 17th, 2021
visual effects
cebas ships thinkingParticles 7 for 3ds Max
Powerful multiphysics plugin gets new MPM solvers to simulate granular fluids like sand and snow.
Thursday, September 16th, 2021
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R25
3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
Maxon releases Trapcode Suite 17.1 for After Effects
See the new features in the latest update to Maxon's suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins.
Wednesday, September 15th, 2021
Maxon releases public beta of Redshift RT
New hybrid rasterisation/ray tracing mode provides a high-quality real-time preview of Redshift scenes.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
hdRstr ray traces thousands of area lights in real time
Neat Maya and Houdini add-on lets you edit ultra-complex lighting set-ups interactively in the viewport.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
New Blender 3.0 release date announced
Milestone update to the open-source 3D software now due for a stable release early in December.
Tuesday, September 7th, 2021
Discover how to create a lighting template in Katana
Get started with the lighting and look dev software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introductory tutorial.
Saturday, September 4th, 2021
Alexey Vanzhula releases Soft Boolean for Houdini
Real-time Boolean modelling toolkit can also be used inside apps that support Houdini Engine, like Maya.
Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Get Adobe's Substance and Mixamo plugins for Blender
Updated: new free plugin for editing Substance materials inside Blender now also works on Linux.
Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.27
See our pick of UE4's new features, from more in-camera visual effects tools to multi-GPU lightmap baking.
Monday, August 23rd, 2021
Master the art of grooming CG hair in XGen
Create hair for a male character in Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
Silhouette 2021.5 ships
Boris FX's roto and paint software gets new color correction and grading features. Now available as a plugin for Nuke and After Effects.
Thursday, August 19th, 2021