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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.

Check out the changes to the sculpting, retopology and painting tools - including a complete new node-based texturing system.

Production renderer gets new BSDF nodes for toon shading and new Accelerated Viewport mode for Maya users. See all the changes.

Sizeable update makes it possible to import, edit, relight and render 3DGS data inside the 3D software. Check out its other new features.

New 'Bring Your Own Data' feature lets studios train models for Maya's MotionMaker system using their own keyframe or mocap data.

Neat tool provides an interactive guide-based workflow for creating grooms for use in apps like Blender, Maya and UE5. For commercial use.

New AI-based plugin propagates roto splines across a shot, speeding up roto 'up to 4x'. See how it differs from AI matte-generation tools.

New features in the Blender edition of the renderer include a quick caustics system, UDIM support, and conversion of Cycles to V-Ray lights.

Inexpensive cross-platform Photoshop alternative gets new 32-bit pipeline, Crytomatte support and new compositing nodes.

Photogrammetry software now generates 3D Gaussian Splats from source images or video, as well as point clouds and 3D meshes.

Base edition of Poly Hammer's Blender add-on for importing and exporting MetaHuman .dna files is now a free download.

New open-source add-ons provide a long-overdue free way to import glTF files into 3ds Max, backed by the creator of the format.

Check out the latest features in Houdini, from a complete new 3D Gaussian Splatting toolset to major updates to KineFX and Copernicus.

Parametric model based on real-world scan data generates realistic 3D heads and expressions. Blender and 3ds Max add-ons available.

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from cloth physics in Geometry Nodes to a big change to Cycles.