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New cloud-based media archiving system helps VFX and CG firms build online libraries of key assets.

Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence.

Sizeable update to the renderer adds support for Intel's OIDN for render denoising, plus multi-scattering in volumes like clouds.

Roto and paint tool gets support for industry-standard ID matte generation system Cryptomatte.

Compositing and effects software gets support for AWS CDI in the cloud. Old Sparks plugins to be deprecated in the next update.

Updated: See what's new in Maxon's suites of effects plugins, now including Magic Bullet 2023.1.

See the key changes to the game engine, like the new water system and dynamic volumetric clouds.

Free tool automatically generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new time-saving symmetry options.

3D modelling and rendering app gets new OSL maps to create organic noise and randomise UVs.

EmberGen developer's upcoming real-time terrain generator is pitched as the Substance 3D Designer of planetary creation.

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from path guiding in Cycles to a hidden bonus for motion designers.

3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.

Major update to the compositing software adds complete new USD-based 3D system, plus free library of Nuke machine learning models.

Turn 2D concepts into printable 3D sculpts with The Gnomon Workshop's essential new tutorial.

Free PDF guides provide overviews of the game engine's key toolsets, with downloadable examples.

Compatibility update to the compositing software adds support for Cinema 4D 2023, plus 'several stability and performance fixes'.

Access to the pioneering browser-based 3D modelling and rendering tool and its library of 500,000 free 3D models to end on 31 December.

Free browser-based tool generates animation in FBX and BVH format for use in apps like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.

Amazon gets into crowd simulation, Autodesk buys into volumetric video, and Sketchfab goes 18+ only.

$99/year lens simulation plugin will be integrated into the compositing app for free - including Nuke Indie.