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Crate's Unmult, Crate's Chromatic Aberration and Crate's Long Shadow streamline common tasks in VFX, motion graphics and CG work.

Get the DNEG Lead Animator's neat free creature rig, licensed for use in portfolio work, and supplied as a Maya MB scene file.

Check out the new features in the real-time visualization software, including improvements to software ray tracing and Artistic Visual Modes.

Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.

Latest major update to the renderer adds support for 3D Gaussian Splatting and luminaires, and updates V-Ray GPU and the VFB.

New video-to-3D-scene system 'brings artists closer to producing animated films' as well as VFX with the AI online film-making platform.

GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool gets new terrain sculpting and phasing animation systems, plus 3D Gaussian Splatting.

Discover 10 things you can do today to improve your character animation work with DreamWorks animator Adrien Liv's expert tips.

Master professional concept design techniques in ZBrush, Blender and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Real-time ray tracing renderer for large V-Ray scenes gets support for the V-Ray Clipper and a new Water Surface object.

Check out the new features in the compositing and effects software, including a new machine-learning-assisted Morph tool.

Updated: Pro edition of the AI color grading software includes ACES support and a new OFX plugin for integration with Nuke.

Promising add-on creates surface water complete with ripples, foam, rain splashes and floating debris. Works with Cycles and Eevee.

Check out the new features in the 3D clothing design software, including improvements to its real-time simulation toolset.

Read our FAQs on the pricing and licensing changes to the popular online library of 3D scans for games, VFX and visualization work.

New 'open marketplace' replaces the Unreal Engine Marketplace and will replace the ArtStation and Sketchfab stores. Read our FAQs.

Currently free in beta: new web-based platform is geared towards VFX and post-production artists looking to upscale shots to 4K or 8K.

Compositing Academy's neat free VFX tool offers a simple way to create flows of energy and light, or art direct stock FX elements.

Create a portfolio-worthy 3D character with Naughty Dog Senior Character Artist Colleen Larson's tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.

Jesse Miettinen's versatile Geometry Nodes set-ups generate procedural 3D buildings, trees, ivy - and even car animation rigs - inside Blender.