Sony Pictures Imageworks has released a new reel of their VFX work for feature film. Watch it on YouTube.

Greg Zaal has released the final 60 of his 16k unclipped HDRIs, making all of his previously for sale assets - nearly 200 in total - available for free thanks to successful sponsorship on Patreon.  You can read more this release on Greg's Patreon page and browse and download the library on HDRI Haven's website.

Updated: William Vaughan's new e-book The Pushing Points Topology Workbook is available now. It contains over 125 pages of tips, tricks, exercises and techniques for learning the fundamentals of modelling for SubD workflows. Find out more on the Pushing Points website.

Solid Angle has announced an update to Arnold, the renderer recently acquired by Autodesk that has become the built-in engine for 3DS Max and Maya.  (more...)

New features in Basefount Technology's crowd simulation software for Maya include: (more...)

Adobe has released a new version of After Effects, adding several new features including: (more...)

Julius Ihle's OSL map for rendering fake 3D building interiors on a flat plane isn't new, but with the recent OSL integration in Max 2019, the shader has just become more accessible to a much larger audience. You can now find it on the 3DS Max OSL GitHub and read the original posts about the shader and how to prepare maps on Julius Ihle's website. 

Sketchfab has announced the release of a new API that will enable developers to create tools to import content from Sketchfab into nearly any 3D application. This will give users to access the free library of over 150,000 creative commons models directly from within their applications. (more...)