Alpaca3D: Retopo With a Reality Check
Live bake feedback, UV constraints and editable projection cages: Alpaca3D connects low-poly construction to texture-map output.
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Houdini 21: Like good wine (Part1, VFX & Geo)
Houdini 21 polishes the chaos: production-ready MPM, neural surfacing, smarter Pyro, and Vulkan viewport upgrades: all taste-tested for real-world use. (Part 1 of ???)
SketchUp 2026.0
SketchUp 2026.0 adds in-app collaboration, AO colour control, faster performance, improved DWG/IFC workflows, new LayOut drafting tools, and scan-to-mesh features for Studio users.
SketchUp 2025: Better Visuals, Smoother Workflows
SketchUp 2025 enhances realism with photorealistic materials, environment lighting, ambient occlusion, and improved interoperability with Revit and USD export.
Unreal Engine 5: Ambient Occlusion Returns
Master rendering ambient occlusion and depth passes in Unreal Engine 5 with Arghanion's Puzzlebox tutorials, enhancing your real-time VFX workflow.
Legendary Scaling – Mass Effect Returns
It is no secret that we are massive Mass Effect Fans – and when the info about the remastering came out, we were quite certain that we NEEDED to talk to the guys behind the new release.
Put in the Right Light – Ingenuity in “High-Speed Reality” Through RTT
The new versions of RTT DeltaGen and RTT Portal create more flexibility and design freedom to visualise design concepts and products in the highest quality.
SIGGRAPH 2007: Autodessys Introduces form.Z RenderZone Plus 6.5
The new form.Z RenderZone Plus 6.5 offers photorealistic rendering with Global Illumination using Final Gather, Ambient Occlusion and Radiosity.
SIGGRAPH: V-Ray 1.5 Renders More Beautifully
The latest release now requires a dongle, but also brings many new functions
Pixar Releases RenderMan Pro Server 11.5
RenderMan Pro Server 11.5 is available for registered RenderMan users and turns servers or workstations into render engines.