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Check out Blender’s experimental anime rendering builds
New non-photorealistic rendering branch of the open-source 3D app is being developed with input from anime firm DillonGoo Studios.
Cell Fluids 2.0 for Blender is out
Popular lightweight Blender fluid simulation add-on now lets you art direct simulations with guide curves. Check out the other new features.
Unigine 2.19.1 can now import and export USD files
Game engine now imports meshes, materials, lights and animation in USD format, including in the free Community edition.
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2025
Tracking app's new AI-powered roto workflow lets users isolate objects with a single click, then propagate the matte through an entire shot.
Master Designing Sci-Fi Props for Film
Discover how to create 3D designs that can be turned into physical movie props with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.1 in beta
Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.
Nekki releases Cascadeur Mobile 1.2
New iPad and iPhone edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software can now import and export data in FBX format.
Łukasz Czyż releases UVPackmaster 3 for Maya
Check out the popular GPU-accelerated UV packing and UV stacking tool, now available for Maya as well as Blender.
Blender add-on ClayPencil turns 2D animation into 3D ‘claymation’
Neat free Geometry Nodes setup lets you create 3D animation using 2D workflows in Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for SketchUp
SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.
Foundry releases Katana 8.0
Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.
Foundry releases Mari 7.1
Now available: 3D texture painting software gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.
Tutorial – Modeling for Film & TV: Hard-Surface Vehicles
Discover to create a truck model suitable for use in a VFX production pipeline with The Gnomon Workshop's best-practice guide.
Autodesk open-sources USD for 3ds Max
Source code for the USD add-on for the 3D modeling and animation software is now available under an Apache 2.0 license.
Get Epic Games’ free Project Titan Unreal Engine sample
Download an 8km x 8km UE5 environment created in a massive 10-week art jam, with custom plugins and world-building tools.
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.2
GPU renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering options and a USD Command Line Rendering tool for use on render farms.
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.1
3D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.
Maxon releases ZBrush 2025.1
Digital sculpting software gets new Quick Polygroup Brush, updated Anchors Brush, tighter integration with the Redshift renderer.
Maxon releases ZBrush for iPad 2025.2
iPad edition of the digital sculpting app gets GoZ support for Cinema 4D, plus ZSpheres templates for female, male and hand mannequins.
Adobe releases After Effects 25.1
Check out the changes to 3D workflows in the latest update to the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX work.
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