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Get free smoke and fire FX as 2K ProRes files or sequences of VDB files optimized for rendering in Blender. For commercial use.

Updated: Version 2.6 of the facial and full-body rig builder for games, animation and VFX characters comes with this free bird rig.

Free, open-source online tool for viewing and editing 3D Gaussian Splats can now play back sequences of PLY files.

Check out the new features in the virtual reality modeling software, including improvements to file export and primitives workflow.

Get free tools for generating procedural ruins and procedural flesh from SideFX's Houdini-to-UE5 game environment demo.

See the specs of the Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, and how they stack up in CG apps like D5 Render and DaVinci Resolve.

Laubwerk's 3D plant models are now available to Cinema 4D users with Maxon One subscriptions, but are no longer for sale online.

Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.

Intuitive add-on for painting non-photorealistic textures implements Photoshop-style layer painting inside the open-source 3D app.

Pulze's handy add-on streamlines the process of building and updating complex Photoshop files from V-Ray or Corona renders.

Create a creature, environment and FX simulation entirely in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.

Check out the new features in the digital painting software for comics, illustrations and concept art, including updates to the 3D toolset.

Get Scale XYZ's Pirate Stilt Village Island Modular Pack of 3D buildings, props and trees for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.

Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.

Full version of Escape Motions' iPad and iPhone app for painting images using particle brushes is now free, as is mandala-creation app Inspirit.

Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Check out the new features in the modeling and texturing iPad app, including support for procedural objects and projection painting.

Updates to the site may be less frequent than usual over the next two weeks, but normal service resumes on 6 January.

Get started with the industry-standard tool for creating clothing for 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's beginners' guide.