News & Features

Simple ZBrush Armor Creation

Sep 09, 2020 at 12:19 pm by Warlord720

A frequently requested topic for a lot of new ZBrush users is how to create armor and there are a lot of methods to achieve this. Some are advanced and require some time to ac.... Read More

SIGGRAPH 2020: Talks and presentations - part 2

Sep 09, 2020 at 10:00 am by nemirc

Welcome to the last part of my SIGGRAPH 2020 coverage. There are still a few interesting things I wanted to talk to you about. Reallusion Reallusion was presenting their Cha.... Read More

SIGGRAPH 2020: Talks and presentations

Sep 08, 2020 at 12:00 pm by nemirc

As a follow-up to the previous article, I decided to cover more presentations and talks available at SIGGRAPH 2020. Every year, Maxon gives us an update on what they have bee.... Read More

Maxon 3D & Motion Design Show: IBC Edition

Sep 07, 2020 at 12:10 pm by Press Release

TUNE IN TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 8 AT 8:30 AM PDT/ 11:30 AM EDT/ 5:30 PM CET FOR DAY 1 OF OUR LIVESTREAM IBC EVENT TOMORROW’S PRESENTATION SCHEDULE (all.... Read More

SIGGRAPH 2020: Exhibition and courses

Sep 07, 2020 at 12:00 pm by nemirc

While exploring SIGGRAPH 2020, I took the time to check out some exhibitor presentations and also some courses. Browsing the exhibitors this time is obviously different to pre.... Read More

Slideshow

Virtual Siggraph 2020 Week Two

Sep 06, 2020 at 03:15 pm by -gToon

The second week of the Virtual Siggraph 2020 was devoted to live interactive events. The on-demand events continued, but now the focus is on live, interactive panels, talks an.... Read More

Free Unreal Marketplace Content - September 2020

Sep 03, 2020 at 01:10 pm by -gToon

In an ongoing partnership with Unreal Engine Marketplace creators, select content is available for free to the Unreal community each month, giving artists, designers.... Read More

A Dinosaur Cuts the Cord - Streaming Wins Out

Sep 03, 2020 at 10:00 am by Warlord720

Way back in the early '90s I signed up for the new service DirecTV. I was spending a lot of time in an RV for bass fishing tournaments. Sometimes over 90 days a year and back.... Read More

Nvidia Announces GeForce RTX 3070, 3080 and 3090 GPUs

Sep 02, 2020 at 12:51 pm by -gToon

The new GeForce RTX 3080, launching first on September 17, 2020 Powered by Ampere, NVIDIA’s 2nd gen RTX architecture, G.... Read More

Blender 2.90 is here

Aug 31, 2020 at 04:00 pm by Press Release

Blender has issued its 2.90 release, according to the open-source software. The new version continues to polish the user experience, introducing improvements to EEVEE, Cycles.... Read More

Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 6 for 3ds Max

Aug 31, 2020 at 10:20 am by Press Release

Chaos Czech released Aug. 31 Corona Renderer 6 for 3ds Max, a new update that packs more realism, faster rendering and simpler workflows into six new main features. By address.... Read More

SIGGRAPH 2020: Adobe 2020 R&D Highlights

Aug 31, 2020 at 10:00 am by nemirc

During SIGGRAPH 2020, Adobe was presenting their advances in R&D, and what I find interesting is that almost all of them have an application in 3D graphics, so I decided t.... Read More

Adobe Releases Medium 2.4 - a Virtual Reality Painting & Sculpting Tool

Aug 28, 2020 at 01:06 pm by Press Release

This is the first release of Medium since Adobe acquired it from Facebook. It has been rebranded from Oculus Medium to Adobe Medium. Here are some details on the update from A.... Read More

Pixologic discovers physics

Aug 28, 2020 at 10:03 am by Warlord720

Keeping in form Pixologic has finally added what most of us would call physics with its 2021 version. Of course, Pixologic is not most of us and ZBrush is such a different ani.... Read More

Siggraph 2020 Computer Animation Festival

Aug 27, 2020 at 08:20 pm by -gToon

The scheduling of the Siggraph Computer Animation Festival has always been problematic for me. It is usually scheduled on Monday night (second day of the conference) and then.... Read More

Broadcast From Around the World: Real-Time Live! Amazes at SIGGRAPH 2020

Aug 27, 2020 at 12:21 pm by Press Release

On Tuesday, the annual SIGGRAPH conference favorite Real-Time Live! streamed remote demos for the first time ever. SIGGRAPH 2020 Real-Time Live! Chair Marc Olano kicked off.... Read More

Obsession: Is It Good for Art?

Aug 27, 2020 at 10:00 am by Barbara Din

I'm not asking is it good for you. I think you may already know the answer to that one. But… is it good for your art? There were many, many artists (and other.... Read More

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 2.5 for Blender

Aug 25, 2020 at 12:01 pm by Press Release

AMD has just released a brand-new update to the Blender version of its free PBR renderer - ProRender.This version has support for the upcoming Blender 2.9 release coming later.... Read More

Chaos Czech Releases Corona Renderer 6 for Cinema 4D

Aug 25, 2020 at 11:19 am by Press Release

Chaos Czech recently released Corona Renderer 6 for Cinema 4D, a new update to the most artist-friendly renderer for C4D. Artists and designers can now bring more realism.... Read More

Review: PortraitPro Body Studio 3 is 'fast and easy'

Aug 24, 2020 at 02:00 pm by Barbara Din

When I reviewed for the first time a piece of software by Anthropics, PortraitPro Studio Max 19, I was in awe. This time I'm reviewing their intelligent retouch software for f.... Read More