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Check out our list of CG tools that can - or soon will - harness the Snapdragon processors in Copilot+ PCs, from Affinity Photo to ZBrush.

Long-awaited update integrates the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools directly into Edit Mode. See the other changes.

Latest release of the open-source game engine is mainly a bugfix update, but it lays the groundwork for changes to the Material Pipeline.

Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.

Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.

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

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

You can download popular Maya rig creator Truong CG Artist's handy anatomy reference software free while it's in early access.

Big update to the UE5 product and portfolio rendering plugin also lets you generate virtual scan data for use in 3D Gaussian Splatting apps.

Promising new tool based on the Storm multiphysics simulator exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG apps.

Big update to the motion design software adds a planar tracker, chroma keying, and support for file referencing to create precomps.

The iPad editions of the image-editing, vector design and page layout tools are currently available with no in-app purchase needed.

Read our FAQs on why Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher have been taken off sale ahead of an announcement on 30 October.

Check out the latest features in the architectural modeling software, including new collaboration options and updates to PBR materials.

Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.

Major update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds new AI tool for upscaling renders to 16K. Check out all the other new features.

Stock asset creator RagTarock's Abandoned Cathedral pack of modular architectural elements is free on Fab for the next two weeks.

[Sponsored] Discover how Chaos is porting the GPU functionality of its industry-leading V-Ray renderer to run on AMD Radeon PRO GPUs.

Open-source alternative to tools like Substance 3D Designer and Painter gets a long-awaited update. Check out the new features.

Community-created patch for CryEngine 5.7 adds the first publicly available new features to Crytek's AAA game engine for three years.