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ArmorPaint 1.0 is out after eight years in early access
The first 'official' release of the popular open-source 3D texture painting app is ready to download. Check out its new features.
Discover Milk VFX’s Unreal Engine pipeline for Surviving Earth
Discover how the VFX studio used UE5 from previs through to post to create the CG environments for the natural history documentary series.
Andras Ketzer releases FluidNinja Live 2 for Unreal Engine
Long-awaited major update to the popular VFX system for Unreal Engine improves performance, and adds new ways to control sims.
See Wētā FX’s spectacular new VFX breakdown for House of the Dragon
See how the international VFX powerhouse created the Battle of the Gullet for Season 3 of the Game of Thrones prequel series.
tyFlow 2.1 adds PhysX-powered vehicle rigging and simulation
Popular 3ds Max multiphysics plugin gets a complete new vehicle toolset, along with new Gaussian Splatting features.
See Trend VFX’s seven-minute VFX breakdown for slave drama Asad
Watch the Egyptian studio's epic making-of for Moon Knight director Mohamed Diab's new movie, from crowds and cities to a CG baby.
Nevercenter releases Silo 2026.2
Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modelling and UV mapping tool, including improved FBX, GLB and USD import,
Adobe releases Photoshop 27.10
Update brings prompt-based image editing to Photoshop, including a complete new AI Assisted Editor. See how it works here.
Motion graphics tool Caddis puts a node graph in every layer
Motion designer Mike Gaynor's neat After Effects alternative is now out of beta - and now available for Linux, as well as Windows and macOS.
Maya tutorial: The Principles of Physics in Action Scenes
Discover how understanding real-world physics principles helps animators create better shots with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
See Troll VFX’s breakdown for hurricane/shark thriller Thrash
Check out the Finnish studio's making-of for its varied water effects for the survival drama, from walls of seawater to floating cars.
Get free VFX image viewer and video playback tool DJV 3.5
Check out the new features in former Lucasfilm developer Darby Johnston's open-source image viewer for VFX and animation work.
See DNEG’s breakdown of its period-accurate VFX for Star City
Check out DNEG's making-of for the spacecraft, lunar landscapes and orbital flyovers the studio created for the alternate-history sci-fi series.
Apple unveils new M5 Ultra and M6 processors
Check out the specs for Apple's 'most powerful chip ever', and see how it performs in CG applications like Nuke and Redshift.
Check out Framestore’s explosive VFX breakdown for War Machine
See how Framestore created a deadly CG killing machine informed as much by dinosaurs as robots for the military sci-fi action film.
Check out promising new Blender retopology tool Smart Remesh
Context-aware add-on turns both organic characters and hard-surface models into clean quad geometry, preserving vertex positions.
See ILP’s breakdown for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
Check out Important Looking Pirates' making-of for the new Star Wars movie, including environments and CG character Zeb Orellios.
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2026.1
Check out the changes to the 3D clothing design app, including new tools for painting wrinkles into fabric - and ripping it apart along seams.
See DNEG’s VFX breakdown for Season 5 of For All Mankind
See how the VFX studio created expansive Martian landscapes and the spectacular explosion of the K-Station for the Apple TV sci-fi drama.
New CG software you may have missed: 23 August 2026
Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, including updates to Postshot, Meshy, and Slapshot and Topaz Labs' AI-powered VFX tools.
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