Xolotl Studio has released a plugin for Substance Designer that allows the user to import OBJ files as nodes or as bitmaps. It is currently available for Windows at $15 with Mac and Linux promised soon. Find out more on Gumroad.

Trimble has announced the latest version of Sketchup as well as a shift to a rental-based licensing strategy. (more...)

Quixel has released a short tutorial by Wiktor Öhman demonstrating how to create a stylized planks material using Mixer. Watch it on Youtube.

Step back to 2013 with Pixomondo's latest a VFX breakdown reel for the film Oblivion.  Watch it on YouTube.

Nevercenter has released a new 11 part tutorial series introducing the fundamentals of Silo, its 3D modelling application. Watch it on YouTube.

Dave Wortley has released a handy Maxscript that can create Camera Map projections (including CameraMapPerPixel) of different aspect ratios without needing to use 3rd party plugins or shaders.  (more...)

Isotropix has announced the release of Clarisse iFX 4 bringing several new features for set dressing, look dev, lighting, rendering and scene assembly. (more...)

Intel has released a new open source image denoiser called, appropriately, Open Image Denoise under an Apache 2.0 license. (more...)