Adobe unveils new Substance 3D Connector
Open-source plugin architecture will let you send assets from the Substance 3D applications direct to Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
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Substance 3D Designer to get new Hydra viewport
Change will let artists use apps like RenderMan or OctaneRender as viewport renderers inside Designer. Native MaterialX support also due.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2023
Maxon releases Cinebench 2024
Significant update reinstates GPU benchmarking to the popular free CG hardware benchmark.
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
Unreal Engine 5.3: five key features for CG artists
Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.2
Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new AI-trained texture-generation and upscaling toolsets
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
Luxion buys Digizuite
KeyShot developer aims to provide users with a 'full-service design solution' though its buyout of the digital asset management provider.
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs launches D5 for Teams
New suite of collaboration features for users of D5 Render include simultaneous multi-user editing.
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
Mahmood Hasanzadeh ships Ivy Generator 2 for Maya
Generate 3D ivy over surfaces in your scenes with this handy procedural add-on. Version 1 is available for free.
Monday, August 21st, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Nvidia releases source code for its Neuralangelo AI model
Updated: New tech reconstructs 3D objects from video more accurately than current AI methods.
Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
NIM Labs launches NIM 6.0
Update to the studio management platform gives visual effects and motion graphics studios better tools for managing their job bids.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Firefly is coming to Omniverse
Check out the Summer 2023 updates to Nvidia's online design platform, plus plans to integrate Adobe's generative AI toolset.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023