Autodesk announces Maya 2017 with Arnold as default renderer
New features in Autodesk Maya 2017 include: integrated rendering with Arnold (which replaces Mental Ray as the default renderer), Time...
Isaac Asimov’s Foundation titles
VFX artist and music composer Niels Prayer pays homage to Isaac Asimov's Foundation books in this opening sequence he created...
Octane to be powered by Imagination
Otoy and Imagination Technologies announced a hardware accelerated rendering platform that integrates Imagination's PowerVR Ray Tracing technology with Otoy's upcoming...
Substance Painter 2.2 brings Material Layering
Allegorithmic has released a new version of its 3D painting software. Version 2.2 brings Material Layering, which allows to visualize...
MaxToC4D 3.0 is out
The tool for transferring 3DS Max scenes to Cinema 4D has been updated. New features include: Lots of improvements in...
Fabric Engine 2.3 available
Fabric Software has released v2.3 of its platform for building high-performance graphics applications that can be run across different 3D...
Thinkbox Frost MX 2.0 preview
Thinkbox has made available a preview video of v2.0 of its meshing plugin for Max, showing Frost creating V-Ray instances...
Thinkbox Vero – new VFX budgeting application
Thinkbox Software has announced that it is developing a new cloud-based application for simplifying the VFX budgeting and cost management...
The Blackburrow Millbird: a revolution in aerial advertising
Blackburrow Creative studio has made a fun video with a parody of The Mill's Blackbird adjustable car rig. Watch it...
Laubwerk Plants Kit 8 – shrubs and bushes
Laubwerk has released a new collection of realistic 3D plants, Kit 8 brings the company's first pack of shrubs and...
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