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Big update to the real-time terrain generator adds new snow and debris simulation tools, and changes pricing and licensing.

Newly rebranded plugin transfers 3D characters, shaders, rigs and animation from Character Creator and iClone to Blender.

Get 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D characters with animation-friendly, production-ready topology in Maya and ZBrush.

Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.

Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.

New mobile edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software is now available for iPad and iPhone users.

Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.

Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.

Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.

Neat free extension lets you apply painterly brushstrokes to the surface of 3D models while texturing them, and control the strokes procedurally.

Updated for Beta 2: 3D texture painting app gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.

Next-gen motion design software gets support for OpenType fonts, plus the option to create color gradients along strokes.

First update to the iPad edition of the digital sculpting software adds support for texture maps, UV layouts and displacement maps.

Veteran 3D modeling and rendering software retired after 20 years, with no further updates expected after Modo 17.1, due later this year.

New batches of commercial tools and assets will be made available free on the online marketplace for two weeks, every two weeks.

Freshcan 3D's Military Airport pack is a set of 3D buildings, roads and props, licensed for commercial use in any game engine or CG software.

AI-based system lets you find online stock assets matching reference images or plain-text descriptions, directly inside the apps.

New tool promises to let you create or edit Unreal Engine MetaHuman characters directly in Blender. Currently free in early access.

Royalty-free open-source codec for professional video production is the VFX industry standards body's latest hosted project.