A recent image created using World Creator by Pixomondo Art Director Mujia Liao. BiteTheBytes has released World Creator 2026.3, the latest version of its GPU-based terrain-generation software for game development, motion graphics and VFX work. It’s a big update, adding new systems for having terrain adapt automatically to hero objects placed on it, and for … Read more
DreamWorks Animation has updated MoonRay, its in-house production renderer, now available open-source. MoonRay 2.40 extends the new light path visualizer for debugging renders, and introduces a prototype for a new user interface. A high-performance Monte Carlo ray tracer, used on all recent DreamWorks moviesOpen-sourced in 2023, along with Arras, DreamWorks’ in-house cloud rendering framework, MoonRay … Read more
Godot 4.6 introduces a new Modern UI theme as default. Check out five new features for CG artists in the latest version of the game engine, plus five quality-of-life improvements. The Godot team has released Godot 4.6, the latest version of the open-source game engine. As usual, we’ve picked out five new features of particular … Read more
A creature created with Nomad by Glen Southern. The new desktop edition of the formerly mobile-only digital sculpting app is now available in free public beta. Hexanomad – aka developer Stéphane Ginier – has released the new desktop edition of Nomad, its popular digital sculpting app for iPads and Android tablets, in free public beta. … Read more
Autodesk has released Maya 2026, the new version of its 3D modeling and animation software. Unlike Autodesk’s recent annual updates to Maya, it does not introduce any complete new toolsets, but there are updates throughout the existing core functionality, including 3D modeling, retopology, shading, animation and simulation. There are also updates to Maya’s integration plugin … Read more
Epic Games has made KitBash3D’s Gaea fantasy architecture asset pack available to download for free from Fab, its new online marketplace. The set of over 1,200 unique high-poly meshes with 4K textures, usually sold for $199, is part of the latest set of time-limited free content released on Fab, and will be free until 25 … Read more
Originally posted on 6 January 2025. Scroll down for details of the Paint System 1.2.1 update. Artist and tools developer Tawan Sunflower has released Paint System, a free add-on that “turn[s] Blender into Photoshop”. The tool implements Photoshop-style layer painting in the open-source 3D software, enabling users to create non-photorealistic textures by painting directly onto … Read more
Gigapixel 8’s new Redefine model uses generative AI to fill in missing details in images. Originally posted on 28 October 2024. Scroll down for details of the Gigapixel 8.2 update. Topaz Labs has released Gigapixel 8, the latest major version of its AI-trained software for up-resing photos or rendered images without softening them or introducing … Read more
Red9’s demo of the character and facial rig it created for Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. New tools developed for the work are now available in Red9 ProPack, its Maya animation toolkit. Character rigging specialist Red9 has updated Red9 ProPack, its animation pipeline environment for Maya, with new tools developed as part of its … Read more
Faceform has released Wrap 2024.11 and Wrap4D 2024.11, the latest versions of its topology transfer software for creating CG characters from 3D scan data. Wrap 2024.11 includes significant quality-of-life improvements to the software’s node graph and brush tools, and introduces new options for working with vertex masks. Wrap4D 2024.11 also introduces a complete new toolset … Read more