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Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

First big update to the new edition of V-Ray for Blender users adds support for Geometry Nodes and a Cycles-to-V-Ray material converter.

Wacom ups its funding for Blender by €210,000/year in partnership to develop 'next-gen" Blender experience on Android tablets.

Check out the price and key specs for the 'industry first' pen display with Calman Ready built in for color calibration for high-end CG work.

Master professional workflows for creating games environments with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.

Check out the new machine learning models in the pro upscaling plugin for compositing and video editing applications.

SDK for developers looking to integrate FidelityFX tech into their apps now includes latest version of the AI image upscaling system.

Clothing design tool gets the option to create garment parts by drawing onto a 3D avatar, and an AI Pose Generator. See the other changes.

Minor update to the image-editing and digital painting software adds a new Star tool for drawing regular star polygons on the canvas.

Game engine's new AI toolset includes generative AI features for creating sprites, textures and animations. Check out our FAQs.

Smoke, fire and effects plugin gets GPU-accelerated ocean simulation system, with support for foam, spray and floating objects.

Indie users can now use the real-time effects tech to compress and play back an unlimited number of OpenVDB sequences for free.

Check out the changes due in the next major update to the popular GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver for games and VFX.

Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.

New app lets users carry out shared online design reviews of 3D models, either in a standard web browser, or in room-scale VR.

Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.

Master professional workflows for creating believable CG creatures for VFX projects with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Check out the latest features in the popular UV packing plugin, including one-click Auto Repacking, and support for texel density.

Check out the new features in the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX, including better support for HDR metadata.

See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.