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Luxion ships KeyShot 2023.3
Latest update to the renderer radically overhauls color workflow, speeds up GPU rendering, and adds an ACES image transform.
Tutorial: Creating Worlds for Film & TV
The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial reveals how to develop the environment design skills that separate human artists from AIs.
Unity announces Unity 6
Game engine to revert to the 'clarity' of its original version numbering system for its next long-term support release in 2024.
AMD launches Radeon Pro W7700
See how the 'most powerful pro workstation graphics card under $1,000' performs with apps like 3ds Max, Maya and After Effects.
Maxon releases ZBrush 2024
Latest update to the digital sculpting app adds neat new automation and character posing options, but it's only available via subscription.
Wonder Studio gets new Blender and Maya plugins
Free add-ons help prepare your 3D characters for use on the AI-powered online platform for adding CG characters to live action scenes.
Autodesk releases Maya 2024.2 and Maya Creative 2024.2
3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.
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.
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.
Autodesk to launch Flow in 2024
New 'industry cloud' for media and entertainment will enter early access in January 2024. Read our FAQs on what we know about it so far.
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.
Epic Games releases RealityCapture 1.3
Check out the new features in the photogrammetry app, including an interesting new mosaicing-based option for UV unwrapping.
Animation breakdown | Disney’s Haunted Mansion | Framestore
Discover how Framestore created the distinctively handmade look of its animation sequence for the new Haunted Mansion movie.
Tutorial: Animal Anatomy – Modeling a Fossa
Discover how to sculpt a creature from the inside out in Maya and ZBrush in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed anatomy tutorial.
Discover the key features of Houdini 20
Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.
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.
Tutorial: Creating Stopmotion Felt in Substance 3D Designer
Get to grips with the powerful procedural material-authoring software with The Gnomon Workshop's artist-friendly guide.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 9.1
3D texture painting and material authoring software gets SVG import, new drag and drop workflows, and better handling of translucency.
Move AI releases Move One
Much-anticipated new iOS app lets you use Move AI's markerless mocap technology on video captured on a single iPhone.
Reallusion launches AccuFace
New GPU-accelerated AI mocap add-on for iClone extracts facial motion data from video in real time. Works with consumer webcams.
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