Adobe releases After Effects 24.1
Significant update moves native 3D file import and the Advanced 3D renderer out of beta and into the stable release of the software.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
visualization
Planetside Software updates Terragen Sky
Streamlined tool for generating skies for use in matte paintings or as environment maps gets 32K HDR export, better live sync with UE5.
Tuesday, November 21st, 2023
Luxion ships KeyShot 2023.3
Latest update to the renderer radically overhauls color workflow, speeds up GPU rendering, and adds an ACES image transform.
Sunday, November 19th, 2023
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2024.2
Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and rendering software, including updates to Booleans, animation and USD for 3ds Max.
Wednesday, November 15th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 4.0
Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023
Download Marmoset's free materials for Toolbag 4
Library Drop 05 makes over 200 new materials and textures available for the real-time rendering software, plus a new set of Smart Masks.
Sunday, November 12th, 2023
Greyscalegorilla now available for 'all major 3D software'
Formerly Cinema 4D-only library of materials, models and HDRIs now also available for apps including Blender, Houdini and Unreal Engine.
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.2
Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.20
Latest update to the production renderer improves performance in real-time render engine Redshift RT.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Epic Games to start charging to use Unreal Engine for VFX
UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
FAQs: Unity's new pricing and the Unity Runtime Fee
Latest planned 2024 pricing for the game engine relaxes the terms of the controversial new Unity Runtime Fee. Read our FAQs about the changes.
Monday, September 25th, 2023
Chaos releases Vantage 2.1
Real-time ray tracing renderer becomes first DCC app to support NVIDIA's DLSS 3.5 and its AI-trained Ray Reconstruction denoiser.
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
Free 3D scanning app Kiri Engine now supports Lidar
Users with LIdar-equipped iOS devices can also now process photogrammetry scans locally, without uploading data to the cloud.
Friday, September 15th, 2023