Rodeo FX has released a breakdown for the CG alligators it created for Crawl. Watch it on YouTube. 

Next Limit has announced the release of Maxwell Render 5. New features include a completely rewritten GPU engine that promises over 50 times speed advantages over a high-end CPU, integrated cloud rendering, additive material compatibility when using the GPU, the ability to import and convert V-Ray scenes automatically, improvements to the speed of interactive rendering, new procedural textures for randomising maps, the ability to group lights in Multilight, support for HiDPI screens and more. To find out more about this release visit the Maxwell Render website. 

Adobe has announced changes to licensing of its Substance products. From November 2019 perpetual licenses will no longer be sold through the substance3D.com. Subscribers who started their contract prior to November have until October 31, 2020, to request a perpetual license under the existing rent-to-own scheme. Existing perpetual license owners will also be able to renew their maintenance until the same date.  (more...)

Clovis Gay has released a short tutorial explaining how to use his VecMap painting script for 3DS Max in combination with TyFlow to control the direction of particles. Watch it on Vimeo. 

Flipped Normals has released a tutorial explaining how Cryptomattes can speed up your work when compositing and lighting with Blender projects. Watch it on YouTube.

Itoo Software has announced the latest version of its parametric modelling and layout tool for 3DS Max. (more...)

In Quixel's latest livestream Wiktor Öhman takes an in-depth look at creating World Of Warcraft's Orgrimmar environment (of course, using Megascans assets). Watch it on YouTube.