Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists
Updated 3 December: Discover discounts on CG hardware and software available during Cyber Week, from Autodesk to ZBrush.
Saturday, November 30th, 2024
visualization
Check out Blender crowd animation add-on Population 2
Promising lightweight add-on for creating 3D crowds for animation or visualization now lets you paint crowd characters into the scene.
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
5 key features in Blender 4.3
Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.
Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.2 and Universe 2025.1
Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.
Friday, November 15th, 2024
Unreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.9
GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool gets new terrain sculpting and phasing animation systems, plus 3D Gaussian Splatting.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
Chaos releases Vantage 2.6
Real-time ray tracing renderer for large V-Ray scenes gets support for the V-Ray Clipper and a new Water Surface object.
Saturday, October 26th, 2024
Physical Water FX adds good-looking water surfaces in Blender
Promising add-on creates surface water complete with ripples, foam, rain splashes and floating debris. Works with Cycles and Eevee.
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
Download the free project files for the Unity 6 Time Ghost demo
Grab the files for the lead character and environment from the beautiful real-time demo for the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6.
Friday, October 18th, 2024
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2025.3
3D modeling and animation app gets support for the OpenPBR material standard, and performance updates to key modifiers.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0
Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.
Monday, October 14th, 2024
Download Poly Haven's free Namaqualand 3D scan library
Get over 30 free 3D scans of desert plants, rocks and ground materials in Blender, FBX and USD format, and 10 16K HDRIs. CC0 license.
Sunday, October 13th, 2024
Epic Games to cut royalty rate on Unreal Engine games
Read our FAQs on the new Unreal Engine pricing for games launched under the upcoming 'Launch Everywhere with Epic' program.
Tuesday, October 1st, 2024