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Autodesk buys the Blender-friendly cloud-based production pipeline system, and hires the developers that created it at Tangent Labs.

Get tree, plant and grass models in FBX, 3ds Max, Blender and Cinema 4D formats. For commercial use.

Changes cut cost of the facial mocap system for indie artists streaming to Unreal Engine by over $3,000/year.

Latest beta of Blender 3.0 supports GPU rendering on AMD cards via the open source HIP framework.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial from Riot Games' Rembert Montald sets out pro storyboard workflows.

Download custom ZBrush IMM brushes for sculpting hair, clothing and machinery. Commercial use.

Renderer gets new decal system, support for USD lights, access to the Chaos Cosmos asset library.

Open-source game engine gets better tonemapping, new UI theme editor, glTF export for editing scenes in DCC apps like Blender.

3D city generation software gets new terrain sculpting tools, IFC import and export, and better import of OpenStreetMap data.

Firm aims to put Weta's legendary in-house VFX tools 'into the hands of millions of artists' worldwide.

Architectural artist's neat free tool automatically generates 3D ivy across any mesh inside Blender.

3D modelling and rendering app gets new Primitive Slice tool and render-time Boolean system. Perpetual licences discontinued.

See the latest features in the real-time collaboration platform, and prices for Omniverse Enterprise.

New two-part Gnomon Workshop tutorial provides a detailed guide to Houdini smoke and fire simulations.

SketchUp renderer gets new scattering and decal systems, big update to real-time render mode V-Ray Vision.

Major update to the Maya crowd simulation software lets users interact with Golaem simulations inside Unreal Engine in real time.

Updated: digital painting software now natively supports Apple M1 processors, making brush performance 'up to 4.7x faster'.

iPad sketching app now lets users import and paint directly onto 3D models in OBJ or USDZ format.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from an array of anime art to a free vintage motorbike model.

Drawing and painting app for iOS and Windows tablets gets 3D perspective grids, and new tools for adding motion to static images.