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Motion designer Mike Gaynor's neat After Effects alternative is now out of beta - and features new tracking, instancing and shading systems.

Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.

Get up to speed with the digital sculpting software with Madeleine Scott-Spencer's popular training course, updated for ZBrush 2026.

Unusual update to the natural media painting app makes it possible to export the paint surface as a heightmap for use in 3D software.

See the the new features in the physically based GPU renderers, including a new cutaway render system and fSpy camera matching.

Check out the changes to the AI video mocap add-on for iClone, like support for CC5 HD characters, control curves, and AMD GPUs.

Open-source tool from the creators of 3D scanning app Kiri Engine gets 3DGS data into After Effects for use in compositing and motion graphics.

Successor to the popular PSA add-on adds true spectral atmospheres to Blender scenes - complete with real-world air pollution effects.

New path tracing render mode lets users render 3D characters inside Reallusion's software with 'near-offline render quality'.

Latest open-source version of the production renderer used on movies like The Bad Guys 2 adds work-in-progress MaterialX support.

See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including native MaterialX and Cryptomatte support in RenderMan XPU.

Updated for Alpha 2: next major version of the GPU renderer adds neat options for recreating iridescent and ultra-reflective materials.

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

Material authoring and 3D painting app now lets you paint directly onto a mesh's UVs in a dedicated 2D viewport. See all the new features.

New features in the compositing, finishing and effects software include Isolate and Pixel Expression nodes, and ProRes RAW support.

Create an energy effect suitable for a games cinematic using UE5's Niagara and Sequencer with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Big update to the formerly Windows-only terrain software adds support for new platforms - and for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain.

Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including zoom and aspherical lens support in Real Lens Flares.

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a procedural Scratches shader and a high-altitude layer in the Clouds object.

Discover how a shared Houdini timeline driving environmental FX powered the multi-million-year timelapses in the Netflix series.