Visuali Studio has released a handful of handy scripts aimed at Archviz artists.  (more...)

The Blender Foundation has announced that Facebook has joined the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron. Corporate Patron is the highest level of sponsorship available, offering enough funding for 2 full-time developers for a year. (more...)

Act3D has announced the release of Lumion 3D, the latest version of its real-time engine for architectural visualisation. Headline features include a new othographic view that allows users to create textured and lit plans, sections, and elevations as well as isometric renders.  (more...)

Luxion has announced the release of Keyshot 10. New features include a new Light Manager, RealCloth 2.0, Keyframe Animation, and more. See a full list of features on Luxion's website. 

Entagma has published a new tutorial on how to create procedurally generate welding seams in Houdini. Watch it and get the exercise files from Entagma's website. 

Epic has announced that over 3,000 assets comprising stylised meshes with unique textures and materials from BAFTA award-winning What Remains of Edith Finch are now available fpr free on the Unreal Marketplace. Find out more on Epic's blog. 

Grzegorz Baran has posted an interesting video in which he compares PBR bakers in the context of a photogrammetry workflow. Watch it on YouTube.  

SideFX has announced that Epic Games is now a minority investor in the company. They are careful to point out that Kim Davidson, remains the majority owner, as well as President and CEO. The announcement also reassures users that this development will not affect SideFX's work with other industry partners including other DCC applications and game engines and will not affect the Houdini development roadmap. Find out more on .