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Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors
Updated: free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Check out its new Infinigen-Sim toolset.
How North of Now created holo doubles for Kaytranada’s ‘Witchy’
Discover how the video for the Grammy-nominated track was created with KeenTools' FaceBuilder and FaceTracker for Nuke.
Download smart 3D asset browser Polydex free in beta
New app automatically groups related assets for one-click import into DCC apps like Blender. Support for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D due.
Esri releases CityEngine 2025.0
Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including the new Street Designer for creating complex road setups.
Reallusion releases Character Creator 4.54 and iClone 8.54
Character generator and real-time animation tool get updates to AI Smart Search, plus new lower-cost iContent licenses for stock assets.
Download free Houdini tools from SideFX’s Project Skylark
Get custom tools for creating stylized game assets, including procedural generators for 3D buildings, bridges and clouds.
ScatterFlow adds physics-based scattering to Blender
Inexpensive add-on lets you dress environments quickly in Blender by spawning in 3D assets and letting them settle naturally under gravity.
Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2025 and 3DCoatTextura 2025
Check out the new features in the 3D sculpting and retopology software, and its cut-down edition for texturing work.
Create outline renders in Blender with the free Octane Edge Tools
Create customisable anime-style outline renders in Blender and OctaneRender using Lino Grandi's neat new free add-on.
iCity 1.5 generates procedural 3D cities inside Blender
Plan out city layouts and have this neat tool populate them with 3D buildings. Check out the updates to road generation in the 1.5 release.
Get 330 free kitbash assets for post-apocalyptic environments
Download free assets from Oleg Ushenok's incredible new kitbash asset pack. FBX format, with PBR textures, for commercial use.
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.5
Check out the latest features in Maxon's suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins for compositing and video editing apps.
Tutorial: Creating a Sci-Fi Sequence using Houdini Solaris
Master lighting and layout workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive guide to Houdini's Solaris toolset.
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 25.05
Check out the changes to the open-source game engine, including updates to multi-GPU rendering, cinematics editing and XR workflow.
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.5
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including support for rendering USDZ files, and support for point clouds in Blender.
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2025.3 with new liquid simulation system
3D animation and motion graphics app gets liquid simulation toolset, plus support for UDIMs and texel density. See all the new features.
Epic Games releases RealityScan 2.0 and RealityScan Mobile 1.7
Check out the new features in the desktop 3D scanning tool and the Android and iOS photogrammetry apps, all of them free to indie artists.
Adobe releases Photoshop 26.8
Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including a new Dynamic Text system, and support for AVIF and JPEG XL.
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2025.2 for Houdini
See all the changes to the popular 3D modeling toolkit for Houdini, including a new shading preset system, and a new hotkey layout.
Chaos releases Corona 13 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Architectural renderer gets new toon shading system, support for animation in Vantage Live Link, and integration with Chaos AI Enhancer.
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