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Check out the latest features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including new options for exporting files and managing fonts.

Intuitive add-on can generate an animated 3D reconstruction of an actor's head from video footage, for animation. VFX or motion graphics.

Check out the new features in the modeling, retopology and texturing iPad app, including the option to deform models in real time.

Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.

Data-preparation service converts models between 3D formats, remeshes them or generates LODs. Integrates directly into Blender.

Free tool developed by French movie trade organization the CST is intended as an intuitive way to explore USD scenes.

Get VFX artist Cristian Spagnuolo's free library of retopologized scans of real-world statues. OBJ format, 8K textures, for commercial use.

Intuitive tool for creating low-poly 3D models in virtual reality gets new lease of life as open-source app Open Blocks.

Open-source app for creating 3D sketches and concept designs in virtual reality gets improved export to Blender and other 3D software.

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shader editing, animation and rendering.

iPad Simulcam app used on The Mandalorian and House of the Dragon is now available on the App Store to studios of all sizes.

Fast-evolving plugin and its new texturing extension create animation ready clothing for 3D characters via a fast, intuitive workflow.

Check out the new features in the desktop and virtual reality modeling application, including this new light UI theme.

Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.

Browser-based text-to-animation generative AI tool can now create entire animation sequences from unstructured source text.

Neat open-source tool lets you crop and clean up 3DGS scan data in a standard web browser. Source code is available under an MIT license.

Detailed free dataset based on NASA imagery can be used with Cesium's open-source plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.

Master UV work for games, VFX and motion graphics with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introduction to Maya's UV tools.

Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.

Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.