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OctaneRender developer becomes Blender's latest Corporate Patron, contributing at least €240,000/year to the open-source 3D software.

Overhaul of the compositing app's 3D toolset continues, with the option to import 3D models in OBJ format and environment maps as EXR files.

Detailed interior scene provides a practical example of production-ready USD data structures for VFX or animation work.

Get games art firm Laertes Studios' Fantasy Interior Environment kit for free this month. 182 assets, with LODs and 2,048 x 2.048px textures.

Multi-billion-primitive scene was rendered on a Radeon Pro W7900 via a fork of the pbrt renderer using AMD's HIP RT 2.2 ray tracing library.

Intriguing 3D terrain and planet generator for real-time applications gets its second public release. Check out the latest features here.

Get the Flora plant-generation tools SideFX developed for its tech demo on creating open worlds with Houdini and Unreal Engine 5.

Master current studio workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed six-hour guide to environment art.

Check out the new features in the 3D tracking software, including better workflow with After Effects, Pricing also simplified.

New online compositing and video editing app was created as an alternative to After Effects, and supports greenscreen removal.

Long-awaited real-time fluid simulation app enters alpha next month, with a wider release later this year. Find more details here.

Áron Németh's open-source add-on speeds up workflow between the AI based animation app and Blender. Now includes batch import options.

See how the studio created 3D facial replacements based on the Hong Kong action star's younger self for the 2023 comedy drama.

Check out the popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on's neat new GPU-accelerated mesh fracturing and Boolean system.

Check out the workflow improvements in the latest update to the image editing and digital painting software.

Free add-on adds advanced filtering and scattering tools to Blender. You can get 80 free assets with it, including 3D plants and vehicles.

Popular library of 3D plants updated to work with polygoniq's open-source engon asset browser. Download 38 of the assets for free.

Discover how to create AAA-quality assets for games with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to hard-surface modeling and texturing work.

Material authoring and 3D capture tool gets new Texture Generators to add procedural noise to materials. Perpetual licenses discontinued.

Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.