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Free tool Clothy3D Studio auto-fits clothing to 3D characters
Interesting tool suite transfers clothing and rigs between 3D characters from different sources. Works with UE5 MetaHumans.
Adobe releases Photoshop 27.0
Major update adds AI compositing system Harmonize, and an image upscaler powered by Topaz Labs' AI models. See all the new features.
AWS to put Deadline into maintenance mode next month
Free renderfarm management software will still be supported, but will only get critical fixes. Users advised to 'explore Deadline Cloud'.
Download 25 free 29K HDRIs from Open HDRI
Get ultra-high-resolution HDRIs for visualization, VFX and games projects from the new online asset library. EXR format, CC0 license.
Check out free creature anatomy reference app Arthropods
Handy web app lets you compare 3D scans of real-world insects, spiders, scorpions and crabs for use as creature design references.
Master hard-surface modeling for concept art in Autodesk Fusion
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Introduction to Fusion provides a complete beginner's guide to using Fusion for concept design.
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2025.4
Check out the changes in the latest update to the GPU production renderer, including support for macOS Tahoe in Octane X.
Foundry releases Flix 8.0
Check out the new features in Foundry's heavyweight story development software for VFX and feature animation.
Volinga Plugin Pro lets you relight 3DGS data inside Unreal Engine
New UE5 plugin is a 'major leap' in 3D Gaussian Splatting workflows for VFX and virtual production. Check out its key features.
Huion unveils $1,399 24-inch 4K Kamvas Pro 24 (Gen 3) pen display
Affordable 24-inch pen display for professional 2D and 3D artists supports 10-point multi-touch and 16,384 levels of pressure sensitivity.
Fluid Flow lets you paint lava and sand into Blender Scenes
Check out Blender Procedurals' interesting new lightweight real-time multiphysics add-on for motion graphics and animation work.
Get 120 free 3D construction site props for games and visualization
Environment artist Marcos 'Brasileirisses' Frazao's Construction Props Unreal Engine asset package is free on Fab for two weeks.
Which CG applications natively support Windows on ARM?
Check out our list of CG tools that can - or soon will - harness the Snapdragon processors in Copilot+ PCs, from Affinity Photo to ZBrush.
Orange Turbine releases Retopoflow 4.0 for Blender
Long-awaited update integrates the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools directly into Edit Mode. See the other changes.
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 2025.10
Latest release of the open-source game engine is mainly a bugfix update, but it lays the groundwork for changes to the Material Pipeline.
Sneak peek: GPU-accelerated smoke and fire in NeXus
Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.
Apple unveils its new M5 chip
Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.
Unreal Engine 5.7: five key features for CG artists
See our pick of the features in the next version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.
Chaos releases Vantage 3.0
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Check out comparative animal anatomy reference tool Anastomia
You can download popular Maya rig creator Truong CG Artist's handy anatomy reference software free while it's in early access.
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