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visualization

Intriguing plugin uses Stable Diffusion AI models to turn simple geometry into photorealistic images, with detailed materials and lighting.

Monday, February 12th, 2024

Check out the new features in the 3D tracking software, including better workflow with After Effects, Pricing also simplified.

Friday, February 2nd, 2024

Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new Texture Generators to add procedural noise to materials. Perpetual licenses discontinued.

Friday, January 26th, 2024

VFX and visualization artist Scott Rafferty's open-source plugin gives UE5 a single unified interface to browse, edit and apply materials.

Sunday, January 21st, 2024

Check out the new AI features in the GPU-based ray tracing renderer, including automatic atmosphere and texture generation.

Friday, December 15th, 2023

Industry body to guide OpenUSD development gets new members, and enters agreement to ensure interoperability with glTF.

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

Check out the new features in the material authoring software, including AxF export, and better workflow when using Frames.

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

Cinema 4D renderer gets bridge to Enscape, live link to Vantage, support for MaterialX materials, and updates to V-Ray GPU.

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

3D animation and motion graphics tool gets new options for rigid body and Pyro simulations, new Key Reducer for mocap data.

Tuesday, December 12th, 2023

Check out the latest features in the renderer, including major updates to object scattering and support for Enmesh in V-Ray GPU.

Monday, December 11th, 2023

Download high-resolution HDRIs and HDR skies without having to register on the site. EXR format, for commercial use.

Sunday, December 10th, 2023

Real-time renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets better hair and fur rendering, better denoising and upscaling, new firefly filter.

Saturday, December 9th, 2023

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