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Updated: See the new tools due in the game engine in 2025, including updates to shading, rendering, animation and world building.

Major update to the popular scattering plugin adds new ForestIvy add-on for generating 3D ivy and other climbing plants.

Try the 'state-of-the-art' new iterative UV unwrapping algorithm available in alpha builds of the open-source 3D software.

Now available for Mac: get access to 150+ free 3D models and materials for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and UE5 with KitBash3D's asset browser

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, including modifiers for Boolean modeling, extrusion and replication.

Studio management platform for VFX and visualization gets new scheduling, conflict detection and resource usage tracking features.

Major update to the popular hard-surface modeling toolkit for Houdini reworks the interface, workflow, and adds new retopology tools.

Lightweight Geometry Nodes setup provides a quick way to add background crowds to scenes for animation or motion graphics work.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to process 3D scans of an actor for use in a FACS-based facial animation rig in Maya.

Discover the new features in the latest version of the GPU renderer - and which features are now scheduled for future releases.

Discover how the new graphics and simulation features in Unity 6 were used to create the demo, which runs in real time on a GeForce 4090 GPU.

3D modeling and animation software gets new tools for copying and pasting animations, and for controlling depth of field in renders.

Check out the changes to the 3D texture painting app, including the Embroidery decal material, eight new filters, and better USD support.

Master industry-standard workflow for creating digi doubles from raw scan data with The Gnomon Workshop's full beginner's guide.

See the new features in the sets of effects plugins: Magic Bullet 2025, Maxon Studio 2025, Trapcode 2025, Universe 2025 and VFX 2025.

Roto and paint software gets new 'single-click' AI tool for generating masks from source footage, plus new annotation tools.

Cost of Unity Pro subscriptions to rise by 8% next year, and Unity Enterprise by 25%. Free Unity Personal subscriptions unaffected.

[Sponsored] Discover how Zibra AI aims to revolutionize CGI with its volumetric compression technology for Unreal Engine and Houdini

Major update to the gaseous fluid simulator and multiphysics plugin adds new GPU-accelerated liquid simulation toolset.

Sizeable update to the AI-assisted animation app adds AutoPhysics based character interaction, and support for facial blendshapes.