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ArcGIS CityEngine 2021 Adds VR Viewer and Unreal Engine Export
Esri’s ArcGIS CityEngine 2021 introduced a web VR viewer, terrain sculpting, improved transforms and Unreal Engine import.
ArtEngine 2021.5 Adds Project Sharing and AI Feature Selection
Unity’s ArtEngine 2021.5 added project export and Feature Selector, an AI-assisted tool for segmenting images into maskable regions.
Nucoda and Phoenix 2021.1 Modernise Rendering and Restoration
Digital Vision World released Nucoda and Phoenix 2021.1 with NDI support, GPU-accelerated RED debayering, Komodo RAW support, EXR improvements and 120fps projects.
Autodesk Renames Shotgun as ShotGrid
Autodesk rebranded production-management platform Shotgun as ShotGrid, moved it to Autodesk licensing and introduced monthly, annual and three-year subscriptions.
Unreal Engine 5 Tutorial Explains Lumen Lighting
William Faucher’s Unreal Engine 5 tutorial examines Lumen, including common problems, limitations, unwanted shadows and useful console commands.
Sculptron 1.1 Adds Alembic Support and Improved Viewport Selection
Otoy released Sculptron 1.1 with Alembic import and export, image-based alpha support, improved viewport selection and adjustable interface opacity.
Chaos Phoenix 4 Adds Active Bodies and Massive Wave Force
Chaos Phoenix 4 for 3ds Max and Maya introduced Bullet-based Active Bodies collisions, smoke colour absorption controls and Massive Wave Force.
Tutorial: Converting Unreal Engine 4 Scenes to Unreal Engine 5
Vertex School’s Ryan Kingslien and John Waynick demonstrate how to convert an Unreal Engine 4 scene for use in Unreal Engine 5.
Camera Studio Streamlines Camera Animation in 3ds Max
Crea3D’s Camera Studio script for 3ds Max was designed to make camera animation faster and easier, with a tutorial trailer demonstrating the workflow.
UV Kit 2.0 Automates UV Workflows in Maya
Rocket Square’s UV Kit 2.0 introduced a redesigned interface, automated UV unfolding and layout, and support for Maya 2022.
3DCoat 2021 Tutorial Series Explores New Modelling Tools
A four-part video tutorial series demonstrates 3DCoat 2021’s new modelling tools by building a rhinoceros model step by step.
XMD Toolbox 2.0 Expands Asset Management for ZBrush
Michael Dunnam’s XMD Toolbox 2.0 added a redesigned interface, faster performance and management tools for ZBrush alphas, materials, fibres and textures.
Sun Locator Pro Review: Planning Natural Light on Android
Sun Locator Pro helps photographers plan sun and moon positions, blue and golden hours, shadows and augmented-reality previews; this archive review tests it on Android.
Deep FX Studio 1.3 Adds Graph Editing and Fluid Simulation
Deep FX Studio 1.3 expanded the procedural animation and multiphysics tool with a graph editor, fluid simulation, procedural content and instancing.
3ds Max 2022 Tutorial Demonstrates Smart Extrude
An eight-minute ArchViz Artist tutorial shows how to use Smart Extrude in 3ds Max 2022 to speed up architectural modelling work.
Maya Bonus Tools Add SpeedCut and Extrude Instance Mesh
Autodesk updated the free Maya Bonus Tools collection with SpeedCut, Extrude Instance Mesh and additions for modelling, UV editing and character rigging.
Photoshop 22.4 Adds Save a Copy and Native Windows ARM Support
Adobe Photoshop 22.4 introduced Save a Copy, reorganised Neural Filters and native support for 64-bit ARM devices running Windows 10.
ZBrushCoreMini 2021 Adds VDM Brushes and Real-Time Ambient Occlusion
Pixologic’s free ZBrushCoreMini 2021 update added Vector Displacement Mesh support, four Chisel brushes, real-time ambient occlusion and turntable animation.
U-Render Tutorial Series Explores Image Contrast and Three-Point Lighting
U-Render tutorials explain how contrast shapes an image and demonstrate practical three-point lighting for real-time rendering.
Autodesk Releases Public Beta of USD for 3ds Max 2022
Autodesk’s public-beta USD plug-in brought Universal Scene Description import and export to 3ds Max 2022 for cross-platform scene exchange.
European League of Football Launches Trophy Design Contest
The European League of Football invited designers to create the first ELF Bowl trophy, offering €5,000 in prize money with a 25 May 2021 deadline.
Isotropix Releases Clarisse 5 with More Than 100 Improvements
Clarisse 5 brought more than 100 features and improvements for set dressing, look development, lighting, rendering and workflow, plus new pricing options.
Seth Worley Recreates Ghostbusters Proton Streams in After Effects
Director and educator Seth Worley demonstrates an After Effects workflow for recreating the iconic proton streams from Ghostbusters.
Noseman Demonstrates Product Visualisation in Cinema 4D
Athanasios “Noseman” Pozantzis demonstrates a Cinema 4D product-visualisation workflow by modelling and unfolding a Dell logo.
Zen UV 2.0 Streamlines UV Workflows in Blender
Sergey Tyapkin’s Zen UV toolkit for Blender accelerates UV creation and introduced further workflow improvements in version 2.0.
Path Deform Pro Improves Spline Deformation in 3ds Max
Marius Silaghi’s Path Deform Pro modifier bends models along paths while avoiding common self-intersections and stretching.
Akeytsu 2020.3.6 Refines Mirroring and Adds Unlit Rendering
Nukeygara’s Akeytsu 2020.3.6 improved rigging and animation mirroring and introduced an unlit display mode for clearer character silhouettes.
Małopolska Virtual Museums Publishes Over 1,000 Historical 3D Scans
A collaboration among 40 Polish museums made more than 1,000 scans of historical objects available online, with most offered under Creative Commons licences.
Autodesk Moves Licences to Named Users
Autodesk prepared to replace serial-number access with named-user licensing, assigning subscriptions to individual user identities.
Cinema 4D S24 Adds Placement and Asset Tools
Cinema 4D S24 introduces placement tools, a new Asset Browser, animation workflow updates, Scene Manager previews and Moves connectivity.
Hair Cards Tool Builds Real-Time Hair in 3ds Max
Mihail Lupu’s 3ds Max add-on creates and edits textured hair-card geometry for game characters and real-time projects.
3ds Max Update Focuses on Speed and Security
Autodesk’s 3ds Max update highlights workflow, texturing, rendering, Bake to Texture, modelling tools and security improvements.
MagicTints 2.0 Adds LUT Export
MagicTints 2.0 transfers colour looks between Adobe applications and exports CUBE or PNG LUTs for renderers and game engines.
Epic Publishes Unreal Engine DMX Previs Sample
Epic Games released a free Unreal Engine DMX sample for previsualising complex live-event lighting and effects.
Emiliano Topete Breaks Down a Remote C4D Pilot
Emiliano Topete explains how a small team produced the 12-minute pilot Shu and the Resistance with Cinema 4D and Red Giant tools.
Peter Eszenyi Shares a Cinema 4D Workflow
Peter Eszenyi presents Cinema 4D workflow lessons drawn from Ghost in the Shell, Pacific Rim: Uprising and The Dark Crystal.
Twinmotion 2021.1 Improves Unreal Exchange
Twinmotion 2021.1 adds a Datasmith-based Unreal importer, multi-Revit synchronisation and access to selected Megascans assets.
Otoy Releases GPU Sculptor Sculptron 1.0
Sculptron 1.0 introduces a commercial GPU sculpting workflow with Outliner, Scene Graph, modifiers, transforms and HDRI viewport lighting.
Clothify Pro Adds Modifier-Based Cloth Tools
Clothify Pro brings non-destructive real-time cloth shaping and animation to 3ds Max through a stack-compatible modifier.
Appleseed Approaches Production Readiness
The open-source Appleseed renderer targets animation and VFX with OSL, SeExpr, motion blur, spectral rendering and a permissive MIT licence.
Antimatter Releases Online Flow Map Generator
Antimatter’s browser-based tool lets artists draw, visualise and save flow maps, with support for loading custom source images.
UModeler Lite Adds Free Unity Modelling Tools
Triplygon’s free UModeler Lite toolkit brings sketch-based level design, 3D modelling, VFX and concept-design tools into Unity.
Affinity 1.9 Expands Designer, Publisher and Photo
Affinity 1.9 adds contour and selection tools, data merge, PDF passthrough, non-destructive Liquify, path text and linked layers.
RED Komodo Firmware Adds Anamorphic 6K and Audio
RED’s Komodo firmware update adds anamorphic 6K R3D recording, four-channel audio support and live-streaming tools.
Paletter Assigns Material Colours in Blender
Phygitalism’s Blender add-on Paletter assigns selected polygons to defined materials and colour palettes.
XRayMorph-EL Previews Pose Editing in 3ds Max
Raylight Games previews XRayMorph-EL, a 3ds Max pose editor for character animation, specialised animation and deformation.
Autodesk Updates Maya, 3ds Max and MotionBuilder
Autodesk’s 2022 releases add USD, Python 3, animation and rigging updates, Arnold 6.2, security tools and MotionBuilder workflow changes.
Autodesk Extends Multi-User Trade-In Terms
Autodesk extended eligibility for its 2:1 multi-user trade-in offer to qualifying renewals through August 2023.
Blender Brush Megapack Includes Over 550 Brushes
ZenShaders’ Blender megapack bundles more than 550 brushes for buttons, creatures, fur, hair, seams, stitches and stylised materials.
Robert Hranitzky Demonstrates Product Rendering
Robert Hranitzky explains remote product-visualisation workflows using Cinema 4D and After Effects in a 45-minute presentation.
3ds Max Omniverse Connector Enters Open Beta
Nvidia’s Omniverse Connector for 3ds Max enters open beta with USD-layer workflows for managing imports and transformations.
Blender 2.92 Feature Breakdown
Blender’s five-minute overview summarises the modelling, sculpting, geometry, rendering and workflow additions in version 2.92.
Modo 15 Reworks MeshFusion and Animation
Foundry’s Modo 15 overhauls MeshFusion booleans and the animation editor, with viewport depth of field, mPath interaction and Python 3.
Gnomon Teaches Python Jaw Rigging in Maya
Arturo Coso’s four-and-a-half-hour Gnomon workshop builds a jaw rig in Maya and automates parts of the process with Python.
Substance Designer Tutorial Builds Broken Concrete
Gustav Engman demonstrates a procedural damaged-concrete material in Substance Designer using a broken terracotta floor as the example.
ZBrush 2021.6 Adds Curve Sculpting Tools
ZBrush 2021.6 introduces Curve Alpha and Snake Curve brushes, a Mesh from Mask system and more control over curve shapes.
PolySnow Plus Rebuilds 3ds Max Snow Tool in C++
PolySnow Plus moves the 3ds Max snow plug-in to C++ and adds brush-based tools for snow, icicles and frozen surface details.
3D Motion Show Shares Six Hours of C4D Advice
The IBC 2020 edition of the 3D Motion Show collects nearly six hours of Cinema 4D motion-graphics demonstrations and production advice.
Morphle Adds Shape-Key Tools to Blender
Phygitalism’s free Morphle add-on creates objects containing shape keys derived from selected vertex positions.
Houdini Engine Becomes Free for Unreal and Unity
SideFX makes Houdini Engine free for commercial Unreal Engine 4 and Unity projects, enabling procedural assets without engine licence fees.
Mod Tech Labs Explains Volumetric Video
Mod Tech Labs outlines a volumetric-capture workflow that records a subject from multiple angles and reconstructs an animated 3D mesh.
Gothic Megapack Adds Modular Unreal Assets
Meshingun Studio’s Gothic Megapack provides grid-snapping architectural models, textures, shaders and tools for Unreal Engine projects.
Chaos Cosmos Launches with 650 Free Assets
Chaos Cosmos launches with more than 650 models and HDRIs for V-Ray, Chaos Vantage and V-Ray Vision workflows.
Vizoo xTex Automates Seamless Material Capture
Vizoo’s xTex scanner captures colour, normal, specular, bump, displacement and transparency maps and automates seamless tiling.
Vue and PlantFactory Add USD and Arnold Support
e-on’s 2021.1 release adds USD export, Cinema 4D integration, Arnold materials, Vue relighting and PlantFactory leaf-cluster baking.
PhysX Painter 2.0 Adds Object Forces and Drop Brush
Kinematic Lab’s 3ds Max plug-in paints objects into scenes, then uses gravity, attraction and explosion forces to distribute them.
KeyShot 10.1 Adds Physics Placement and USD
KeyShot 10.1 adds gravity and collision placement, multi-light editing, USD import, USDZ and GLB export, and a new licence portal.
Lazy Manager Adds Shared 3ds Max Asset Management
Joker Martini’s Lazy Manager organises and publishes objects, materials and modifiers across multiple 3ds Max instances.
Game UI Database Catalogues 12,000 Screenshots
Edd Coates’ Game UI Database catalogues more than 12,000 interface screenshots from over 340 AAA and independent games.
Foundry Live 2021 Covers Look Development and Pipelines
Foundry Live schedules virtual sessions on look development, lighting, interoperability, software integration and VFX education.
Free Bird’s-Eye People Pack Adds Eight Groups
Vis-Shopper releases eight free bird’s-eye-view people groups for populating architectural scenes viewed from above.
Trapcode 15 Adds Dynamic Fluids to Particular 4
Trapcode 15 adds fluid-like particle dynamics to Particular 4 and Form 4, while Mir 3 gains OBJ import, texturing and reflection mapping.
Instant Terra Tutorial Exports Terrain to Clarisse
Wysilab demonstrates how to create terrain in Instant Terra and import the result into Clarisse, with downloadable project files.
SIGGRAPH Course Examines Dynamic Deformables
Theodore Kim and David Eberle discuss dynamic deformable materials, solver design and collision handling in a SIGGRAPH 2020 course.
Unity Shader Graph 2020.2 Introduces Master Stack
Unity’s Shader Graph 2020.2 adds the Master Stack and clearer real-time feedback for visual shader creation.
Tutorial: Creating Translucent Fabric in V-Ray for 3ds Max
A quick tutorial demonstrates how to use VRay2SidedMtl to create translucent fabric materials in V-Ray for 3ds Max.
Sunrise Productions Releases Node Execution Tree
Sunrise Productions releases NXT, an open-source Python-based tool for layered scripting, visualization and sequential execution.
Adobe’s 3D Team Discusses Its 2021 Roadmap
Adobe’s 3D team discusses its 2021 plans, product updates and announcements in a nearly two-hour Substance and 3D livestream.
SynthEyes 2102 Adds Apple M1 and Neural Engine Support
SynthEyes 2102 brings Apple M1 support, access to the Apple Neural Engine and interface improvements for high-DPI displays.
Substance Designer Adds Pantone Spot Colours
Substance Designer adds a Pantone Spot Colours feature that maps an entered RGB value to its corresponding Pantone colour.
Poser 12 Adds GPU Ray Tracing and Render Denoising
Poser 12 updates the SuperFly renderer with Nvidia GPU ray tracing, Intel Open Image Denoise and a revised material-management system.
Layama 1.22 Improves 360-Degree Tour Creation
Layama 1.22 improves navigation and image quality, adds Unreal Engine 4.26 and V-Ray 5 support, and introduces a free Lite edition.
HDR Light Studio Xenon Drop 2 Adds Diffusion Controls
HDR Light Studio Xenon Drop 2 introduces diffusion filtering, instant feedback and new planar and spherical light options.
Panasonic Previews Compact HDR UHD VR Glasses
Panasonic’s CES VR-glasses concept combined HDR, UHD and VR, with adjustable interpupillary distance and dioptre correction.
U-Render 2021.1.3 Expands Smart Material Presets
U-Render 2021.1.3 expands smart material presets, fixes live-mode previews and strengthens its Cinema 4D integration.
Free Earth Displacement Map Released at up to 48K
VFX Asset released a free 16-bit Earth displacement map at up to 48K, alongside a paid higher-resolution 172K edition.
Arnold 6.2 Adds Light Mixing and OpenColorIO 2.0
Arnold 6.2 introduces light mixing, expanded GPU rendering, USD improvements and OpenColorIO 2.0 support.
Shutterstock Acquires 3D Marketplace TurboSquid
Shutterstock acquired TurboSquid, adding a major 3D-model marketplace and cloud-based digital asset-management technology.
HDMI 2.1 Explained for Filmmakers
An overview of HDMI 2.1 covers 48Gbps bandwidth, Dynamic HDR, eARC, backward compatibility and certified Ultra High Speed cables.
Terragen 4.5 Adds PBR Workflow and OpenColorIO Support
Terragen 4.5 updates its default shader for PBR workflows and adds OpenColorIO support to the Professional edition.
LWCAD 2020 Expands LightWave and Cinema 4D Toolsets
LWCAD 2020 adds LightWave mesh tools and topology inspection while improving its integration with Cinema 4D.
Ocean Wave Shader Released for Blender Eevee
A low-cost ocean-wave shader provides small-scale water simulations for Blender’s real-time Eevee renderer.
Cinematographers Discuss Virtual Production Workflows
The Australian Cinematographers Society presents a 30-minute discussion exploring virtual production practice and technology.
Paste Ref Image Script Adds Clipboard References to 3ds Max
The free Paste Ref Image script creates textured planes in 3ds Max directly from images copied to the clipboard.
Review: Philips 272P7VPTKEB 27-Inch 4K Monitor
A review of Philips’ 27-inch 4K IPS monitor finds strong value and connectivity, provided it is calibrated for colour-critical work.
Tutorial: Creating a Fractured 3D Logo in Cinema 4D
EJ Hassenfratz demonstrates how to convert Adobe Illustrator splines into a fractured 3D logo with Cinema 4D dynamics.
Cascadeur Research Explores Zero-Gravity Character Animation
Cascadeur’s team explains its research into weightless movement and physically plausible keyframe animation.
Tutorial: 3D Lettering with Cinema 4D and Photoshop
Angelo Konofaos demonstrates a 3D lettering workflow using Cinema 4D, Photoshop, an iPad Pro and Procreate.
FiLMiC Pro 6.13 Adds 10-Bit Log V3 Capture
FiLMiC Pro 6.13 improves Log V3 recording with 10-bit SDR capture support on iPhone 12-series and compatible Android devices.