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

Get CropCraft Studios' Modular Bakery Shop pack of 3D assets for creating a shop and cafe for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.

Check out the new features in the material authoring software, including updates to the Spline tools and node graph.

New beta feature lets multiple artists collaborate on the same Photoshop file simultaneously, speeding up asset reviews.

Argentum Studio's in-house tool gives access to Unreal Engine 5's internal settings to improve the look of hair and fur in your renders.

Discover how to create story-rich environment concept art for games and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Get free smoke and fire FX as 2K ProRes files or sequences of VDB files optimized for rendering in Blender. For commercial use.

Updated: Version 2.6 of the facial and full-body rig builder for games, animation and VFX characters comes with this free bird rig.

Free, open-source online tool for viewing and editing 3D Gaussian Splats can now play back sequences of PLY files.

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

Get free tools for generating procedural ruins and procedural flesh from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 game environment demo.

See the specs of the Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, and how they stack up in CG apps like D5 Render and DaVinci Resolve.

Laubwerk's 3D plant models are now available to Cinema 4D users with Maxon One subscriptions, but are no longer for sale online.

Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.

Intuitive add-on for painting non-photorealistic textures implements Photoshop-style layer painting inside the open-source 3D app.

Pulze's handy add-on streamlines the process of building and updating complex Photoshop files from V-Ray or Corona renders.

Create a creature, environment and FX simulation entirely in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.

Check out the new features in the digital painting software for comics, illustrations and concept art, including updates to the 3D toolset.

Get Scale XYZ's Pirate Stilt Village Island Modular Pack of 3D buildings, props and trees for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.

Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.