Matte Painting artist Rick Rische, has released his 2016 reel showcasing some of the feature film work he has worked on over the years. Watch it on Vimeo.

Gokhan Karadayi has released his Photorealistic Landscape Pack 4 for Unreal Engine. The pack includes various landscapes, physically based materials, rock & plant meshes, and much more. He has also released a features video; watch it on YouTube.

Digic Pictures has posted a video showing impressive work the studio did for the science fantasy anime film directed by Takeshi Nozue, based on the story of the video game Final Fantasy XV. Watch it on Vimeo.

Act-3D has posted a preview video of the upcoming version of its real-time architectural visualization software, which is scheduled for a November 1st release. More on Lumion's website.

New features in the latest version of Headus' UV unwrapping software include: import other meshes into the current scene and copy UVs between the meshes or pack the combined shells into a single map, tweaks to the packing tool to support lightmaps, etc. Read the release notes for more.

Red Giant has released an update to its flagship suite of video processing tools. New features include: (more...)

Microsoft has released a promotional video showcasing their new Surface Studio which is set to deliver in early 2017. Surface Studio is a touch-screen device that offers a 28 inch display, stylus, and Surface Dial, a new piece of hardware that allows you to display a context-sensitive radial menu of tools in the software you are using. For full details on specification and price, you can visit the Surface Studio website.

Microsoft's much maligned paint application is relaunching in a new 3D enabled incarnation. Paint 3D will ship as part of next spring's Creators update and features tools that allow you to manipulate 3D layers, import models, scan and import photogrammetry assets, convert 2D doodles to 3D, fabricate objects with 3D printers, and more. 3D Paint is also expected to be integrated with Hololens for interactive VR creation. Find out more on Microsoft's website.