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Autodesk launches free online kitbashing tool Project Falcon
Browser-based tool lets you create models from readymade 3D parts and export them in USD format to apps like Blender and Maya.
Character Control Rig generates rigs for MetaHumans in Blender
Poly Hammer's add-on creates Rigify rigs for MetaHuman characters imported into Blender, and retargets animation from UE5.
Sneak peek: NeXus for Blender
Updated: Insydium's popular particle and fluid simulation tool is coming to Blender. Check out its features and likely price and release date.
LightWave Digital unveils LightWave 2026
See the new features in the 3D animation and rendering software, from vehicle auto-rigging to new tools for snow and lighting effects.
Material authoring software InstaMAT gets native Linux edition
Linux-based VFX and games studios get new alternatives to the Substance 3D tools. Includes the Blender and Maya integrations.
Anthropic’s patronage of Blender downgraded to one-off donation
AI firm's controversial contribution to the Blender Development Fund becomes a single donation; funding process to be 'strengthened'.
Get Unity modeling, texturing and rigging tool UModeler X free
Popular alternative to ProBuilder for modeling, texturing and rigging 3D assets directly inside the Unity Editor is now available free.
ArcBrush is a free node-based image editor and texture editor
Check out designer Albert Omoss's intriguing node-based image editor, pitched as a Photoshop alternative for game art and texture processing.
KeenTools releases GeoTracker for Houdini in free open beta
Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.
AI developer Anthropic becomes Blender’s latest Corporate Patron
New Blender Lab-developed add-on also now connects Anthropic's Claude AI models to the open-source 3D software. Read our FAQs.
Adobe releases Photoshop 27.6
Update to the image-editing app adds the much-anticipated AI-based Rotate Tool, and a neat new reflection removal feature.
World Creator 2026.4 is out with a new free Community Edition
Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.
Reallusion releases Headshot 3.0
Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.
DNE and Gracia release 4-minute streamable 4DGS performance
[Sponsored] Discover volumetric infrastructure firm Gracia's pipeline for streaming 4D Gaussian Splatting content directly in a web browser.
Canva releases Affinity 3.2
Check out the latest features in the free image editing and vector design software, including a new integration with DaVinci Resolve.
Sketchbook releases Sketchbook Pro 9.4
Latest update to the veteran digital sketching and concept art software adds new Lasso Select and Draw Outline tools.
Free tutorial: Race Vehicle Concept Design – Cinematic Rendering
Discover how to animate and render a demo sequence in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's free intermediate-level video training.
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to virtual textures, trace sets, and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Houdini GPU liquid solver Paradigm 1.0 is now available
Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.
Chaos reinstates support for AMD GPUs in V-Ray
The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.
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