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3D animation software for VFX and games to get new 'agentic AI partner' Autodesk Assistant and AI lip-sync tool FaceAnimator.

Read our pick of the latest artist features in the open-source game engine. including updates to lighting, shading and animation.

Ambitious start-up's €240,000/year is the biggest contribution to Blender of any GPU manufacturer - before it has even shipped a card.

Funded by an Epic MegaGrant, the plugin will stream animation data from the AI-assisted animation app to the game engine in real time.

Check out the new features in the UV unwrapping and packing app, including a new Scene Outliner, and support for GPU packing.

Check out the changes to the character animation and mocap-editing software, including updates to Relations constraints.

Check out the new features in the suites of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including new options for DaVinci Resolve users.

Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling app and its real-time renderer, including support for USD files and UDIM workflows.

Blender plugin for the GPU renderer not updated for the Redshift 2026.0 release as Maxon 'redirects its development focus' elsewhere.

Check out the changes in this sizeable update to the production renderer, including the new Redshift Sun & Sky and Clouds objects.

Check out the new features in the digital sculpting software, including Python scripting on desktop, and the 3D Print Hub in the iPad edition.

Check out the latest features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and video editing app and its $295 Studio edition.

Museum and Gallery - Archinteriors Vol 10 Scene 1 for Unreal Engine is now free on Fab - but you'll need to be quick to download it.

No changes expected to pricing or support, and both brands continue to operate under their original names. Find full details here.

Mobile 3D scanning app now lets you export an unlimited number of photogrammetry or Lidar scans for free. Check out the other changes.

Movie industry standard for color management becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.

Experimental cloud-based tool generates PBR materials and texture maps from real-world reference photos. Find more details here.

Check out the changes to the 3ds Max hair plugin for games and VFX, including a new Warp Roots modifier to help groom feathers.

Check out the changes to the Maya plugin for creating hair and fur for games and VFX, including fast new workflows for braiding hair.