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The first 'official' release of the open-source alternative Substance 3D Painter is now ready to download. Check out its new features.

Discover how the VFX studio used UE5 from previs through to post to create the CG environments for the natural history documentary series.

Long-awaited major update to the popular VFX system for Unreal Engine improves performance, and adds new ways to control sims.

See how the international VFX powerhouse created the Battle of the Gullet for Season 3 of the Game of Thrones prequel series.

Popular 3ds Max multiphysics plugin gets a complete new vehicle toolset, along with new Gaussian Splatting features.

Watch the Egyptian studio's epic making-of for Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab's new movie, from crowds and cities to a CG baby.

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modelling and UV mapping tool, including improved FBX, GLB and USD import,

Update brings prompt-based image editing to Photoshop, including a complete new AI Assisted Editor. See how it works here.

Motion designer Mike Gaynor's neat After Effects alternative is now out of beta - and now available for Linux, as well as Windows and macOS.

Discover how understanding real-world physics principles helps animators create better shots with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Check out the Finnish studio's making-of for its varied water effects for the survival drama, from walls of seawater to floating cars.

Check out the new features in former Lucasfilm developer Darby Johnston's open-source image viewer for VFX and animation work.

Check out DNEG's making-of for the spacecraft, lunar landscapes and orbital flyovers the studio created for the alternate-history sci-fi series.

Check out the specs for Apple's 'most powerful chip ever', and see how it performs in CG applications like Nuke and Redshift.

See how Framestore created a deadly CG killing machine informed as much by dinosaurs as robots for the military sci-fi action film.

Context-aware add-on turns both organic characters and hard-surface models into clean quad geometry, preserving vertex positions.

Check out Important Looking Pirates' making-of for the new Star Wars movie, including environments and CG character Zeb Orellios.

Check out the changes to the 3D clothing design app, including new tools for painting wrinkles into fabric - and ripping it apart along seams.

See how the VFX studio created expansive Martian landscapes and the spectacular explosion of the K-Station for the Apple TV sci-fi drama.

Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, including updates to Postshot, Meshy, and Slapshot and Topaz Labs' AI-powered VFX tools.