KM-3D has updated its Smooth Bridge modifier for 3ds Max. The handy plugin is able to smoothly bridge two open edge loops, even with unequal edge counts. (more...)

GitHub and OpenAI has announced Copilot, an AI pair programmer that helps developers to write code faster and with less work by suggesting autocompletion based on context drawn from comments and code. (more...)

Pixar has released a completely rewritten version RenderMan for Blender that takes advantage of the features in the latest version of its production-proven renderer. Find out more in the RenderMan documentation or watch a video overview by askNK.

Autodesk has published the recording of a recent webinar with some of the 3ds Max development team to explain some of the recent improvements to the modelling tools and the work on the recent USD updates. There's also a section with Thomas Berg who explains some of his work for Olav, a Norwegian Viking documentary.  Watch it on YouTube.

Alexey Yakovlev has created what he describes as a post-USSR style building generator on Blender's geometry nodes system. More on Gumroad. 

Pixar has announced the release of Renderman 24 introducing a new rendering architecture called RenderMan XPU. (more...)

Important Looking Pirates has published a breakdown for its work on The Stand. Watch it on Vimeo. 

Chaos has announced the release of V-Ray 5 Update 1 for Cinema 4D. (more...)