Autodesk has updated its documentation for Maya 2020.2 revealing the latest features. These include: (more...)

Theia Interactive has announced the release of Optim 1.2, a toolkit that aims to simplify the use of Unreal Engine 4 by bringing Unreal's essential functions into and easier to use interface as well as adding features like clustered merging, batch LODs, simplified lightmap settings, and a lightbuild scheduler. (more...)

Chaos Group has announced the latest version of the V-Ray 5 beta. New features and improvements in beta 2 include: (more...)

Dimension 5 has announced a new version of D5 Render, marking the commercial release of its recently announced realtime engine that combines ray-tracing and rasterisation techniques. (more...)

Chaos Group has announced an update to Chaos Cloud, its online render farm service. (more...)

Jake Denham has published several tips for and videos for rendering interiors on his blog including how to speed up workflows using scripts, adding fur to soften up scenes, chamfering using maps, using depth of field and more. Read it on luxuryvisuals.com

Chaos Group has published two detailed posts explaining how to get the most from the latest version of Phoenix FD. Part 1 covers Active Bodies, Standalone Previewer and the Particle Tuner while Part 2 examines the Voxel Tuner, TexUVW and thinkingParticles integration.

SideFX recently held its Houdini HIVE Worldwide event online featuring over 35 presentations and training sessions, many of which included downloadable files so attendees could follow along. All the presentations and assets are now available to watch on-demand by visiting the .