DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.15

Check out the new features in the open-source release of DreamWorks Animation's renderer. used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Sunday, June 15th, 2025

Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.22

Check out the latest features in the VR modeling software. New Connector plugin syncing Modeler to Unreal Engine 5 now in beta.

Friday, April 11th, 2025

Maxon releases Redshift 2025.4

Big update to the renderer adds OpenPBR support. See the other new features for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.1

Check out the new features in the next major production version of the GPU renderer, including new decal and lens effects systems.

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

Autodesk releases Maya 2026 and Maya Creative 2026

3D modeling and animation tool gets updates to the ML Deformer and liquid simulation in Bifrost. Check out all the new features here.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Assetify 2.1 converts Blender assets to game-ready formats

Asset baking and export add-on can now bake PBR textures from any Blender shader set-up, not just the Principled BSDF shader.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

See the new features due in Unreal Engine 5.6 and beyond

Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.

Tuesday, January 21st, 2025

These simple free tools convert Maya shaders to Blender

VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy open-source tools convert the aiStandardSurface shader to Blender's Principled BSDF.

Wednesday, January 15th, 2025

Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.18

Check out the new features in the virtual reality modeling software, including improvements to file export and primitives workflow.

Wednesday, January 8th, 2025

Check out Substance 3D Modeler's new Primitives system

Updated for version 1.17: VR modeling software gets new non-destructive workflow for blocking out complex hard surface models.

Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

5 key features in Blender 4.3

Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Tuesday, November 19th, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.14

Update reworks painting workflow in the digital sculpting software for virtual reality and desktop systems. Check out all of the changes here.

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.13

Check out the new features in the desktop and virtual reality modeling application, including this new light UI theme.

Wednesday, August 14th, 2024