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See the month's best new 3D assets, including free 3D vehicles and props - and even a complete Sketchfab animated short.

Photoshop plugin and standalone app for applying cinematic effects to still images gets new filters from Sapphire and Continuum.

See what's new in individual FX and color correction plugin suites Magic Bullet 2024, Trapcode 2024, Universe 2024 and VFX 2024.

Check out the AI-based VFX tool's new option to extract body and hand mocap data from video, and its new credit-based pricing.

Users with LIdar-equipped iOS devices can also now process photogrammetry scans locally, without uploading data to the cloud.

[Sponsored] Discover how to create more dynamic 3D prints by using Character Creator 4 to rig and pose your ZBrush sculpts.

Check out the new features in the production renderer, and its Blender, Cinema 4D and Houdini plugins.

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and motion graphics software, including new simulation, normal editing and sculpting tools.

New Generative Expand and Generative Fill tools based on Adobe's Firefly AI toolset can now be used commercially.

Cost of Creative Cloud subscriptions up 5-10% from November for many users. New pricing for Firefly, too. Check if it affects you in our FAQs.

Latest public beta lets users render 3D models directly inside the compositing software, using the new Advanced 3D renderer.

ProductionCrate's free add-on generates strings of animated text messages for VFX and motion graphics work.

Open-source plugin architecture will let you send assets from the Substance 3D applications direct to Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.

Change will let artists use apps like RenderMan or OctaneRender as viewport renderers inside Designer. Native MaterialX support also due.

Convert 3D assets from over 50 common file formats, including Blender scene files. Runs securely offline using WebAssembly.

Updated: Neat add-on streamlines baking PBR textures inside Blender. Now supports thickness maps.

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Volume 2 now available: master the Maya soft tissue simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive two-part guide.

Promising AI-based online app generates a huge range of walk and run cycles for humanoid characters. Try it free in beta.

Significant update reinstates GPU benchmarking to the popular free CG hardware benchmark.