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Free tool: HeliumX Lite for After Effects
New free tool creates animated 3D text and page turn effects inside Adobe's compositing software.
Sketchfab’s models of the month: April 2023
See the month's best 3D models, including free downloadable interior scenes, props and cars.
Download the free edition of RenderMan 25
Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Now includes RenderMan XPU.
Pixar releases RenderMan 25
Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 2304
3D tracking app gets new options for solving shots with anamorphic distance and with focus breathing.
Boris FX releases Sapphire 2023.5
Check out the new features in the suite of effects plugins for compositing and editing software.
Nvidia releases new $599 GeForce RTX 4070 GPU
See how the lowest-priced Ada Lovelace GPU to date performs in graphics tools like Omniverse.
Free Blender tool Braidify turns curves into hair braids
Free add-on lets you generate hair braids simply by drawing freehand curves in the Blender viewport.
AMD unveils Radeon Pro W7900 and W7800 GPUs
Check out the key specs and benchmark scores for AMD's first RDNA 3 GPUs for pro CG work.
Zoo Tools Pro’s latest tool puts ChatGPT inside Maya
Handy add-on Zoo Chat GPT lets you use the AI chatbot to control Maya with simple text commands.
Autodesk releases Mudbox 2024
No changes to the sculpting app beyond a new Mac installer, but the price of subscriptions rises again.
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2024
Check out the latest workflow changes to the character animation and mocap data editing software.
Tutorial: Introduction to Maya for Animators
Get started in characxter animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly introduction.
Graswald ships Gscatter 0.10
Free Blender object scattering tool gets its 'most powerful update yet'. Check out what's new in it, and in Graswald's online 3D plant library.
Plask launches Plask Generative AI
New online service generates 2D images matching the pose of a 3D character. Currently free in beta.
Sneak peek: Chaos Scatter in V-Ray for Maya
Chaos's versatile object scattering tool is coming to the Maya edition of the renderer. See a demo here.
Check out promising new NURBS modeller Plasticity
Now shipping: check out this streamlined tool for 3D modelling and concept design, described as 'CAD for artists'.
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.1
Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.
Use NeRFs in Unreal Engine with Luma AI’s new plugin
Get volumetric captures into UE5 to use as props or environments with the plugin, currently free in alpha.
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.14
Production renderer gets new sky model, new Flakes shader for car paint, new Renderview Backplate, and more updates to Redshift RT.
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