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Students and teachers can now use the popular photogrammetry app via a college's free master licence.

New virtual cinematography app lets you control a 3D camera inside Unreal Engine using your iPad.

New brand system also includes a bespoke font from type legend Erik Spiekermann and the brand colours 'clay, plant, iris and gold'.

Watch the action-packed CG short, then download its fully rigged and animated lead character for free.

Milestone update to the open-source 3D software now due for a stable release early in December.

Get started with the lighting and look dev software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introductory tutorial.

Real-time Boolean modelling toolkit can also be used inside apps that support Houdini Engine, like Maya.

Cost of a basic subscription to the AI-based material-processing app falls from $1,140 to $228 per year.

Physically accurate Photoshop colour-mixing plugin now extracts entire colour palettes from images, and names swatches automatically.

Latest update extends the free material creation software's handling of UDIMs and texture sets. See all of the new features here.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from samurai skaters to free downloadable vehicle models.

Updated: new free plugin for editing Substance materials inside Blender now also works on Linux.

Perpetual licences of the GPU renderer discontinued in favour of subscription plans. See the prices for individuals and teams here.

New $45 Maya retopology plugin transfers the proportions of a raw 3D scan to a low-poly mesh suitable for use in animation work.

New cloud service to provide studios of all sizes with access to the Academy Award-winning VFX facility's in-house Houdini tools.

Neat control system lets users edit parametric models intelligently by dragging on them in the viewport.

See our pick of UE4's new features, from more in-camera visual effects tools to multi-GPU lightmap baking.

Create hair for a male character in Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

See the new features in the free update to the unusual 3D concept sketching and kitbashing software.

Cost of the real-time gaseous fluid simulator down 15-20% for anyone earning under $1 million per year.