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Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.

Check out the 3D features in the latest releases of the compositing and motion graphics software, like support for Substance materials.

Check out the changes to the production renderer, including updates to hair shading, bloom effects, and Global Light Sampling.

See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

3D software for architectural visualization and VFX gets updates to the Conform Modifier, Material Switcher and USD workflows.

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from new character rigging features to destruction simulation in Bifrost.

Check out the new retopology and 3D scanning tools coming in the digital sculpting software for desktop and iPad later this year.

New version of the digital sculpting software's famously idiosyncratic UI will follow principles established in ZBrush for iPad. See a sneak peek.

New program for developing more ambitious, experimental features for Blender provides a safe space in which developers can 'break things'.

Price of Pro and Enterprise plans to rise by 5% in 2026, but all users will get unlimited free cloud seats for Unity Version Control.

High-contrast, high-resolution pen display is targeted at professional 2D and 3D graphics work. See what you get for the price.

Get 25 free HDRIs of natural and urban environments in HDR format at up to 24,576 x 12,288px resolution. CC0 license, for commercial use.

New video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction. Can now be run offline, as well as in the cloud.

Intuitive, AI-assisted storyboarding and previs app gets new Pose mode for posing characters. Now comes with a free edition for indie projects.

New AutoMatte AI model in the VFX and finishing software automatically creates mattes for the hero object in a shot. See the other new features.

Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organized asset library. Update adds new media type for MaterialX and Substance materials.

[Sponsored] The open-source toolkit helped the VFX tools developer harness the power of AMD GPUs in its Emmy award-winning plugins.

Set of over 1,300 detailed 3D assets for kitbashing retrofuturistic cities in Unreal Engine is free on Fab for two weeks. For commercial use.

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design tool, including the option to LightPaint the sun into the sky.