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Latest public beta lets users render 3D models directly inside the compositing software, using the new Advanced 3D renderer.

ProductionCrate's free add-on generates strings of animated text messages for VFX and motion graphics work.

Open-source plugin architecture will let you send assets from the Substance 3D applications direct to Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.

Change will let artists use apps like RenderMan or OctaneRender as viewport renderers inside Designer. Native MaterialX support also due.

Convert 3D assets from over 50 common file formats, including Blender scene files. Runs securely offline using WebAssembly.

Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Volume 2 now available: master the Maya soft tissue simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive two-part guide.

Promising AI-based online app generates a huge range of walk and run cycles for humanoid characters. Try it free in beta.

Significant update reinstates GPU benchmarking to the popular free CG hardware benchmark.

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Big update to the digital sculpting app adds support for reference images while working in VR. Check out the other new features here.

Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new AI-trained texture-generation and upscaling toolsets

Successor to Rokoko Video lets users extract full-body animation from video captured on two cameras or smartphones. Still free for single-camera capture.

See the best new visual effects and motion graphics rendered with V-Ray - then check out technical breakdowns of the key projects.

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

KeyShot developer aims to provide users with a 'full-service design solution' though its buyout of the digital asset management provider.

We've updated the site to make it easier to use on mobiles and tablets. Let us know what you think!

New suite of collaboration features for users of D5 Render include simultaneous multi-user editing.

Neat plugin lets you use game-like navigation to control 3D characters to block out animations faster.