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DivineCut and DivinePrint simplify creating 3D clothes in Blender
Fast-evolving plugin and its new texturing extension create animation ready clothing for 3D characters via a fast, intuitive workflow.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.13
Check out the new features in the desktop and virtual reality modeling application, including this new light UI theme.
OpenUSD now supports Vulkan
Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.
SuperSplat is a free online editor for 3D Gaussian Splats
Neat open-source tool lets you crop and clean up 3DGS scan data in a standard web browser. Source code is available under an MIT license.
Recreate the moon in UE5 with Cesium’s free moon terrain data
Detailed free dataset based on NASA imagery can be used with Cesium's open-source plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.
Tutorial: Introduction to Maya 2025: UV Toolkit
Master UV work for games, VFX and motion graphics with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introduction to Maya's UV tools.
Radical now supports real-time finger tracking
Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.
Call of Duty: Warzone’s Caldera map is now a free USD data set
Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.
Blender will support online asset libraries
Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.
Machina Fractals plugins create 3D fractals in Unreal Engine 5
Machina Fractals: Essence, Machina Fractals: Mecha and new plugin Machina Fractals: Ultima create amazing real-time 3D forms.
Das Element uses AI to sort your VFX asset library
Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organised library of 2D and 3D assets. Check out the new features in Das Element 2.1.
Autodesk acquires Golaem
Maya crowd simulation software is no longer on sale, but its core IP will be integrated into 'Autodesk's current product offerings'.
Maxon to raise subscription prices in September 2024
Cost of Cinema 4D, ZBrush and Red Giant subscriptions to rise next month, but pricing for Redshift largely unaffected.
Esri releases CityEngine 2024.0
Build CG cities by dragging and dropping nodes with the procedural city-generation software's new Visual CGA Editor.
Tutorial: Illustrative Storytelling & Design Techniques
Discover how to create compelling images in The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass from Crystal Dynamics Art Director Abe Taraky.
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2025.1
Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.
Chaos ends perpetual licenses of crowd animation tool anima
Perpetual anima Pro licenses and sales of individual metropoly 3D stock characters discontinued in favor of anima All subscriptions.
Chaos releases Enscape 4.1
Check out the new features in the real-time visualization software, including the Chaos AI Enhancer for adding detail to images.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.0
Material authoring software gets new color-manipulation nodes for stylizing images and generating color palettes and ID maps.
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2025.2
3D modeling and animation software gets support for SVG files and a new Flow Retopology plugin for cloud-based workflow.
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