Get free AI-based frame interpolation tool Flowframes
NMKD Software's neat tool retimes video - but you can also use it speed up 3D animation workflow.
Saturday, July 16th, 2022
visualization
Download BtoA: the free Arnold plugin for Blender
Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.
Friday, July 15th, 2022
This neat free plugin lets you import OpenVDBs into UE5
Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2022.2
Real-time visualisation software gets new HDRI backdrop system, and physics-based layout tools.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2022
Preview: Blender's new hair tools and viewport compositor
Check out the curve-based hair system due in Blender 3.3, and the upcoming real-time compositor.
Monday, July 11th, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max
Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.
Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S26.1
Subscriber-only release updates Cinema 4D's cloth simulation tools and node UI, and adds new HDRIs, textures and Redshift materials.
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Tutorial: Unreal Engine 5 Material System Overview
Get started with materials in UE5 with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new introductory tutorial.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Omniverse XR 2022.1 ships
First public beta of Nvidia's latest Omniverse app lets users review production-complexity USD scenes in virtual reality with full ray tracing.
Monday, June 27th, 2022
Photoshop now supports Substance .sbsar materials
Updated: see the UI and feature list for the Substance plugin available in the new beta build of Photoshop.
Wednesday, June 15th, 2022
Eye candy: Pixar's 2022 RenderMan showreel
See the best new animations, visual effects movies and TV series created using the veteran renderer.
Tuesday, June 14th, 2022
Get the free 'mesh to MetaHuman' plugin for Unreal Engine
New Epic Games plugin turns facial scans and sculpts into next-gen MetaHuman characters for use in Maya or UE5.
Friday, June 10th, 2022
Blender 3.2 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022