Evermotion has released its latest tutorial, this time focusing on how to create studio lighting. Watch it on YouTube. 

3d-io has announced the release of Unwrella 4, the latest version of its 3ds Max and Maya plugin for automating UV unwrapping. New features include a new UV packing engine, a UV projection mode, an updated GUI,  plus hundreds of fixes and improvements for improved compatibility, speed and quality. Find out more on the 3d-io blog. 

Maxon has announced the release of Redshift 3.0.51. New features include a revamped UI for Maya, Houdini, and 3ds Max plus OSL and UDIMS support in Blender. See a full list of what's new in the online changelog. 

Epic Games has released a video that goes through its new lighting system Lumen’s features to give an overview of how it all works, including tips on how to improve lighting and reflection quality. Find out more on the Epic Games Blog. 

NVIDIA has announced that Blender 3.0 will include support for USD making it possible to use the popular open source 3D application with NVIDIA's Omniverse ecosystem. NVIDIA also revealed an experimental Blender alpha 3.0 USD branch that includes more advanced USD and material support, which will be available soon for Blender users. (more...)

Doliwa Workshop has announced the release of Rhino Nature, a new non-destructive scattering tool for Rhinoceros 3D. Learn more on the product's website. 

Guillermo M Leal LLaguno has released ImgVectorize, a new 3ds Max Plugin that can trace vectors from raster images. The plugin is capable of either tracing outlines or creating centre lines, and once a spline is created the user has options to optimise it, interpolate it, or smooth it. Find out more on Guillermo's website or watch a tutorial on Vimeo. 

Autodesk has announced a new update to Bifrost for Maya with new features designed to simplify the creation and delivery of complex simulations and custom effects using real-time tool feedback and several other enhancements, including (more...)