Autodesk has announced the release of Maya 2020, adding over 60 updates for animators and updates to the graph editor and time slider. Other features include:  (more...)

Turbosquid has announced that its StemCell automatic convertor that transfers files to multiple formats now supports Arnold and Pixar's AR format USDZ. Visit Turbosquid to learn more about its StemCell standard. 

Frederic Hoffmann has released a new textures site offering CC0 textures in up to 8K resolution. Textures are free, but Frederic has a Patreon page where you can support his work. Find out more on Public Domain Textures' website. 

Pixar has published a brief simplified primer on how it uses USD in its pipeline. With all the talk of USD coming to major DCC apps this might be an interesting introduction for readers who are unfamiliar with the technology. Read it on Pixar's blog.

Epic Games has made recordings from the 2019 Unreal Academy available for free online. Over 30 new courses are available in the Unreal Engine learning hub. 

Adobe has announced the acquisition of VR Sculpting app Medium from Facebook’s Oculus division. (more...)

Pixar has released Renderman 23, adding native support for USD, support for Houdini 18 including the Solaris look-dev tool, improved interactive rendering, updated and improved APIs and development platforms, improved compositing with interactive adjustment of LPEs and AOVs and more. Read about it on the Pixar website.

Maxon has announced the release of Redshift 3.0.12, bringing native support for Cinema4D noises. This means that users working with Redshift in other applications can also access Cinema 4D's procedural noises. Cinema 4D includes 32 different types of noise each with many variations. Find out more on the Maxon website.