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Sizeable update to the tracking app extends the new 3D tracking toolset, and adds Alembic export and direct export to After Effects.

iOS and Android scanning app now generates character rigs for the 3D models it generates. There are updates to the free edition, too.

[Sponsored] With its smart design and advanced hardware, XPPen's affordable drawing tablet is ideal for both CG artists and gamers.

Discover how to design plausible near-future vehicles in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.

Unusual GPU-accelerated node-based digital painting app gets new radial symmetry system for creating complex mandala-like patterns.

Discover how Ingenuity Studios created a six-mile CG river and complex smoke and fire simulations for Kevin Costner's epic Western.

Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Now available free, technical artist Paul Ambrosiussen's P4Houdini plugin integrates Houdini with Perforce's version control tech.

Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.

New text-to-image generative AI feature reaches the stable release of Photoshop. Check out the other new features in Photoshop 25.11 here.

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

JangaFX's real-time terrain design tool is out of alpha. Check out the new features in GeoGen 0.3, like spline editing of terrain.

JangaFX's real-time liquid simulator is now in public alpha. Check out the new features in LiquiGen 0.3, like whitewater and surface tension.

Real-time smoke and fire simulator for games and VFX gets movable, parentable simulation domains, and live recording in the timeline.

Discover how to create a detailed, animation-ready fantasy character with Maya and ZBrush in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

New Pro editions of Gigapixel and Video AI accelerate the popular AI-based image-upscaling and video-processing apps for studio use.

Online service recreates props and furniture for use in games and AR, and can be trialed for free. Now comes with a new iOS app.

Particle generation tool for motion graphics and VFX gets support for particle blending modes, new set of Position Path Presets.

Check out the lastest features in the virtual reality modeling software, like this interesting shape matching feature in the new Assets panel.

Material authoring and 3D capture software can now send materials directly to 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Unity and Unreal Engine 5.