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Assetify 2 converts Blender animations to game-ready formats
Asset baking and export add-on can now convert Geometry Nodes to shape keys for export to game engines in glTF or Alembic format.
Is AI replacing render farms?
[Sponsored] Online render farm Forrender argues that traditional workflows provide control and scalability that new AI tools cannot.
5 key features in Blender 4.4
Check out the key changes due in the next version of the open-source 3D app, including important updates to animation and viewport rendering.
SuperSplat 2.0 lets you create flythroughs of 3D Gaussian Splats
Free, open-source online tool for viewing and editing 3DGS data can now add camera animations to existing scans.
KeenTools releases KeenTools 2025.1 for Blender and Nuke
Check out the changes to tracking plugins FaceTracker and GeoTracker, including new wireframe rendering and start frame selection options.
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.3 and Universe 2025.2
Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.3
Renderer gets better multiscattering in volumes, USD procedural support in Maya, and initial support for GeForce 50 Series GPUs.
Chaos releases Vantage 2.7
Real-time ray tracing renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets OCIO color management, DLSS 4, and new lens distortion system.
Adobe launches the Firefly Video Model in public beta
New generative AI model let users create video, animation and even stock FX clips from text prompts and images. Read our FAQs about it.
Wacom launches redesigned Intuos Pro pen tablets
Popular pro graphics tablets get their first updates in eight years. See the specs and prices for the 2025 Intuos Pro Small, Medium & Large.
Free add-on Paint System ‘turns Blender into Photoshop’
Updated for version 1.2: Intuitive layer-based texture painting add-on for Blender now supports shader layers and texture baking.
Free tools: Render Manager and Light Editor for Blender
VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy add-ons streamline the process of managing lights and render layers within complex production scenes.
Richard Rosenman releases IK Studio for After Effects
New native After Effects plugin provides a fast, efficient way to create IK rigs for arms and legs for character animation.
Topaz Labs releases Gigapixel 8.2
Updated: AI app for upresing photos and 3D renders gets generative AI-based upscaling model; option to batch process images in the cloud.
See CG benchmarks for NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 GPUs
Discover how NVIDIA's Blackwell GPUs performed in CG software like 3ds Max, Arnold, Blender, Maya, UE5 and V-Ray in our early tests.
Chaos releases Beta 2 of the new V-Ray for Blender
Updated: New free public beta build of the long-awaited Blender integration for V-Ray based on the V-Ray 7 core is now available
Review: Huion Kamvas 22 Plus pen display
The Kamvas 22 Plus is an affordable pen display for beginners and pro artists on a budget. See how it handled 3D as well as 2D workflows.
CETA Software launches Artist Access
Check out the new time-tracking and forecasting tools in iCFM, CETA's cloud-based production management platform for VFX.
Tutorials: Creating a Character for Games – Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
Master industry-standard workflows for sculpting and texturing AAA game characters with The Gnomon Workshop's two-part tutorial series.
LightWave Digital previews LightWave 2025
Check out the new features due in the 3D software, including the RIPD real-time preview, a new cel shader, and updates to character rigging.
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