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D5 Render 2.10 adds real-time path tracing
Major update to Dimension 5's real-time visualization software adds experimental path tracing system. Check out the other new features.
Download Marmoset’s free materials for Toolbag 5
Library Drop 05 makes over 150 new assets available for the real-time rendering and look dev software, including 86 new materials.
Autodesk lays off 1,350 staff
So why is the Maya and 3ds Max developer culling 9% of its global workforce when revenue is actually going up across the business?
3d-io releases Unwrella-IO
New standalone app from the maker of the Unwrella plugins for 3ds Max and Maya promises easy UV unwrapping and packing.
5 key features for CG artists in Godot 4.4
Discover five key new features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shading, lighting, animation and physics.
Trimble releases SketchUp 2025.0
Check out the new features in the architectural modeling app, also used in concept art, including HDRI lighting and PBR materials.
Tutorial: Dynamic Cloth Simulation for Production
Master character effects workflows for animation, cinematics and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed Houdini tutorial.
Check out free Blender scattering add-on OpenScatter
Promising open-source add-on lets you scatter plants and rocks in your scenes according to elevation, texture masks or guide curves.
CETA Software launches Artist Access
Check out the new time-tracking tools in the cloud-based production management platform for VFX. Free for six months to startup studios.
Foundry releases Nuke 16.0
Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.
Boris FX releases SynthEyes 2025
3D tracking and match-moving software gets new multi-export system, AI-based roto masking, and 3D head mesh for head tracking.
Adobe launches Photoshop on iPhone
Image-editing and retouching app is now available on iPhone as well as iPad, with an Android version coming soon. Read our FAQs here.
Plastic Software releases Plasticity 2025.1
Check out the changes to the intuitive NURBS modeler, including a revamped interface, and a new Section Analysis command.
Technicolor Group begins to shut down operations
Financial problems of the owner of Mikros Animation and VFX Oscar-winners MPC and The Mill threaten thousands of artists' jobs worldwide.
Download four free VDB clouds from VFX Assets
Get free volumetric 3D clouds for previs, motion graphics and VFX in CG apps and game engines like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.
Artlist discontinues the FXhome apps: HitFilm and Imerge dead
Video editing, compositing and VFX app and still image editor had over 6 million users prior to buyout and switch to subscription pricing.
Free tool: Mesh Cleaner for Blender
VFX artist Rob Dickinson's handy add-on fixes artefacts in 3D scans and models in one click, to prepare them for animation or rendering.
Tutorial: Introduction to Lighting & Compositing for Cinematics
Master workflows used in cinematics and animation production with The Gnomon Workshop's improvers' guide.
Adobe to raise the price of Substance 3D subscriptions
Cost of Substance 3D Texturing, Collection and Teams subscriptions to rise from 9-25% in March 2025. Read our FAQs about the changes.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 5.0
Check out the new features in the 3D capture software, including path tracing in the 3D View and support for HP's Z Captis scanner.
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