The Blender Foundation has announced the release of Blender 2.93 LTS, the latest version in its Long Term Support initiative. (more...)

AMD has announced that FidelityFX Super Resolution (often abbreviated to FSR) will be available on 22 June 2021. FSR is an open-source technology that can render high-resolution frames from lower resolution inputs. According to AMD "it uses a collection of cutting-edge algorithms with a particular emphasis on creating high-quality edges, giving large performance improvements compared to rendering at native resolution directly. FSR enables “practical performance” for costly render operations, such as hardware ray tracing." (more...)

AXYZ design has announced the launch of Anima All, a new subscription service that will give users access to its entire library of over 1600 assets including scanned 4d people, rigged characters, static ready posed models, and its ambient and animated 4d characters. In addition to assets, the subscription also includes access to a floating license of Anima Pro plus plugins for 3ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, and Unreal Engine. (more...)

Chaos Group has announced that the library bundled with V-Ray has gained over 100 new assets. In addition to many interior models created in house for demos and tutorial, the library now includes several human characters from AXYZ Design, one of the leading providers of photo-scanned 3D people. The Cosmos Browser has also been updated to add support for importing from a shared location. Find out more on Chaos Group's website. 

Miloš Černý has released a free 7 part tutorial series that explains the entire process of rigging using CAT in 3ds Max. Watch it on YouTube. 

Ryan Kingslien and  Vertex School has released a tutorial explaining how to convert UE4 scenes to UE5. Watch it on YouTube

Jason Brown has released a new multi-part tutorial that explores in detail the theory of using noise in computer graphics and how a noise compound can be created in Bifrost. Watch it on YouTube.