cgchannel

Autodesk's cloud-based VFX production tracking system gets new name, new licensing system, and new $40/month subscription.

Check out the new features in J Cube's USD-native Maya layout, look dev and lighting toolset. Freelancers can use it for free.

Check out the discounts available to former users of Google's cloud-based platform for VFX work from rival cloud rendering services.

Rendering and technical animation software gets new automated mesh simplification tool, and updates to the material library.

See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.

See how the new 'rendering powerhouses' stack up in CG apps like Arnold, Blender and V-Ray.

Create compelling illustrations of story beats for project pitches with The Gnomon Workshop's guide for storyboard artists.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from cute cats to free downloadable characters, creatures and cars.

All-in-one deal includes crowd animation tool anima and 1,600 3D characters for under $800/year.

Major update to the open-source vector design tool adds nifty new options for editing paths, and a lot of quality-of-life improvements.

Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.

Free update to the digital sculpting app makes VDM and Chisel 3D brushes work with Sculptris Pro.

Turn your Blender, 3ds Max and Maya scenes into browser-based 3D apps - and now, into native iOS, Android or desktop apps as well.

Discover key texturing techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

AI-based texture-processing tool gets automated feature masking, plus option to export project files.

Visualise models in the popular real-time 3D file format using the V-Ray renderer with Chaos's new set of open-source Python scripts.

Animate torn cloth without simulation with this unusual procedural geometry-based tool.

Check out this major update to the CPU-based render denoising system used in Blender and Unity.

Crowd animation system for Maya and Houdini gets new behaviour tree. UE4 plugin also now updated.

Minor update to the free game engine adds support for the latest Twitch API, while users wait for the release of the new Atom renderer.