Digital Production

Chaos Adds macOS & AI to V-Ray for Blender

V-Ray for Blender Update 2 adds macOS support, new AI tools, and a faster distributed renderer for Blender 5.0 artists.
GIGAZINE

Introducing ``3D-GPT'', a framework that realizes procedural modeling of 3D content using large-scale language models

A research team from Australia and China has developed a framework that combines large-scale language models with Blender, a 2D animation and 3DCG production tool, to create highly accurate 3D content ...
Digital Production

Painterly Trees for Blender: ShapeScape Studio Blooms

ShapeScape Studio brings procedural painterly tree creation to Blender 5.0 with NPR shaders, wind animation, and custom mesh support.
Neowin

SideFX announces version 16 of Houdini, its 3D animation software

Toronto-based firm SideFX has announced the availability of Houdini 16, the latest version of its procedural 3D animation and video effects software. This release includes new workflows for terrain ...