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Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.

New live link plugin makes it possible to edit Cinema 4D content interactively inside Unreal Engine.

See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.

Games tools firm buys artist-friendly browser-based shot review system used on Oscar-nominated animated feature Over the Moon.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from Arcane fan art to a downloadable kit of parts for steampunk buildings.

Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.

New non-commercial edition lets you use the suite of VR sculpting and character rigging tools for personal projects.

Master current games environment workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

UV unwrapping software gets new UV packing workflow better suited to current UDIM-based pipelines.

See how the major rewrite of the renderer has evolved from initial alpha to its release in Blender 3.0 next week.

Unusual physics-based animation software gets a new Animation Cycles system for seamlessly looping any character movement.

Scene layout and rendering app gets key workflow improvements - and a new $150 perpetual licence.

New features in the compositing app include a live link to Unreal Engine and new machine learning options in NukeX.

3D texture painting app to get OpenColorIO 2 colour management for VFX pipelines.

Material authoring app's neat new particle nodes open up workflows from scattering to 3D plant design.

Sign up now to test this promising next-gen AI-trained automated facial rigging system for games.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial provides an essential guide to 3D scanning workflow for production.

Free GPU renderer gets better support for fog, smoke and clouds, plus Deep EXR export from Maya.

Popular Photoshop colour wheel and colour picker plugin gets HUD opacity settings; control sliders for more colour spaces, including Lab.

Update to Maxon's colour correction plugins lets users apply looks inside Unreal Engine as well as compositing and editing apps.