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Get 400+ free assets for building a medieval village in Unreal Engine
Games Environment Artist Marco Maria Rossi's modular Medieval Village asset pack is available for free until the end of the year.
Adobe releases Photoshop 25.2
Latest update to the image-editing and digital painting software adds the option to choose new third-party AI models for Generative Fill.
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8.2
Check out the latest features in the natural media painting software, including Gradient Maps and updates to the new Bristle Brushes.
Review: are the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 worth the money for CG?
See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.
Get free modular Maya character rig builder Mansur-Rig 3.0
New release removes all license restrictions from the Maya rigging toolkit - but update before 1 March 2026 if you're using an older version.
Plastic Software releases Plasticity 2025.3
Check out the new features in the popular hard surface modeling tool, including a new instancing system, and shareable web previews.
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2026
Check out the changes to the planar and 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered system for refining tricky edges on mattes.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for Maya
Check out the changes to the Maya edition of the renderer, including a new displacement material, and a viewport live link to Vantage.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 15.1
Check out the new features in the material authoring software, improving workflow when creating and editing node graphs.
Foundry adds 3D Gaussian Splats to the Nuke 17.0 open beta
Check out the features in the latest beta build of Nuke, also including a new BigCat node for training larger custom AI models on VFX data.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for Blender
Check out the latest features in the Blender edition of the renderer, including macOS support, and a new distributed rendering system.
Chaos releases Vantage 3.1
Real-time ray tracing renderer is now available as a viewport renderer in Houdini, via a Hydra delegate. New smoke and fire simulator, too.
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for Houdini
Check out the changes to the Houdini edition of the renderer, including a 'completely re-imagined' volume shader for smoke and fire.
Leopoly releases Shapelab Max 2026
Check out the new features in the desktop and VR sculpting tool, including a reworked 3D gizmo and an eye-catching Elastic Move tool.
QuadSpinner unveils Gaea 3.0
Check out the features due in next year's major update to the terrain design app, including USD support and new Blender and Maya plugins.
Insydium releases Fused 2025.4 with new animation toolset Jidou
Check out the changes to the popular set of Cinema 4D add-ons, also including GPU-accelerated smoke and fire simulation in NeXus.
Esri releases CityEngine 2025.1
Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new workflows for creating more complex forms for buildings.
Pixar releases RenderMan 27.1
Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.
Maxon releases Red Giant 2026.1 and 2026.2
Check out the new features in the set of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including generation of depth maps from video.
Boris FX releases Optics 2026 with AI-powered facial masking
Check out the new AI technologies in the standalone app and Photoshop plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images.
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