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Puppet animation tool gets new free-to-use Starter mode, available to anyone with an Adobe account.

Deep FX World ends work on its LightWave fluid simulation plugin and standalone multiphysics app.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the digital sculptor's workflow in ZBrush and KeyShot.

Neat one-click colour matching app for concept art and illustration work now supports targeted colour correction and batch processing.

Promising motion graphics add-on gets support for rendering volumetrics like smoke and clouds.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from manga fan art to free downloadable environment scans.

3D animation software gets updates to Boolean modelling, vertex painting and HumanIK, plus new C++ SDK in Bifrost for Maya.

3D modelling and rendering tool gets new spline extrusion workflow, plus updates to key modifiers.

Image editing software gets new Cylinder warp for packaging design, better masking of hair with the basic Object Selection tool.

Updated: see the UI and feature list for the Substance plugin available in the new beta build of Photoshop.

Edit .sbsar materials inside the latest versions of the game engines with Adobe's new free plugins.

Updated: browser-based edition of Photoshop will have 'freemium' pricing once it comes out of beta.

See the best new animations, visual effects movies and TV series created using the veteran renderer.

New Epic Games plugin turns facial scans and sculpts into next-gen MetaHuman characters for use in Maya or UE5.

[Sponsored] Discover how iClone 8 and Character Creator 4 simplify character design and animation.

Free physically based renderer gets new Atmosphere and Fog system, shadow override controls.

Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D app, from the new 3D painting tools to Light Groups and fast shadow caustics.

Texture painting app gets support for ICC colour profiles, physical size in materials, new texture bakers.

Latest update to the material authoring software adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.

Discover how the first second-gen Apple Silicon processor performs in CG software like Photoshop, Affinity Photo and Final Cut Pro.