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Get the free library of 3D parts like screws, buttons and pipes for kitbashing mechanical models.

Free update to the modelling and retopology toolset reworks the user interface for use with pen devices.

Major update to the GPU renderer adds support for CPU and hybrid rendering. Support for AMD GPUs on Windows and Linux to come.

Check out the new AI-based and AR features in the iPad edition of the architectural sketching app.

Major compatibility-breaking update to the remote shot review tool adds layers system and support for OCIO 2 and OTIO.

No changes to the digital sculpting and painting app beyond a new Linux installer, but the price of annual subscriptions is up again.

Check out the workflow improvements in the new version of the character animation software.

Get free FX elements simulated in EmberGen in CC0 format, including this seamlessly loopable tornado.

New Gnomon Workshop video reveals how to learn from method actors to improve your animation.

Physics-based animation software gets Constraints system for weapons, plus new Node Editor and Python API for technical artists.

Compositing and editorial tools get support for NDI, OpenTimelineIO and new machine learning features.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from cute creatures to downloadable cars and trains.

Major update to the renderer adds new object scattering, decal and cutaway systems, plus new pricing.

Update makes it possible to paste live text from Illustrator and adds multithreaded compositing, but removes the Shake Reduction filter.

Sizeable update to the compositing app integrates Frame.io for free, adds native Apple Silicon support.

Update makes new Omniverse connection plugin available to all users of the lighting design tool.

Latest Long Term Support release of the game engine adds no new features, but will continue to receive regular fixes until 2024.

GPU-based terrain generation app gets new Fast Render mode, plus bridge tools for Unity and UE4.

GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver gets new profiling tools. Native Metal support now in beta.

Long-awaited update to the game engine is smaller than first planned, but features updates to Scaleform and the GamePlatform plugin.