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Read our pick of the latest features, from the power to create terrain shaders in the Shader Editor to a big step towards a unified renderer.

Check out the changes to the GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya, including updates to displacement.

Check out the changes to the digital sculpting software, including a new retopology brush, plus photogrammetry in the iPad edition.

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including new Advanced Distributions for motion graphics.

Big update to the GPU renderer adds meshlet streaming for dense geometry, and support for 3DGS data, MaterialX and OpenPBR.

3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.

Free grading and video editing app now supports 32K workflows on M5 Macs. Check out the other new features for VFX artists and colorists.

Free update to the 3D compositor improves 3D rendering of shadow, reflect and refract layers, and improves performance and stability.

Promising new tool based exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG software. Now updated to support spray emission.

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Check out the new features in the AI-assisted animation software, including a new viewport renderer, and initial support for quadrupeds.

See the neat new liquid simulation tools in the GPU-based Cinema 4D particle effects add-on, ahead of their release next month.

Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including ORBX export to OctaneRender and a new Godot integration plugin.

Check out the new features in the desktop 3D scanning software, including new Lidar and automation features. Free to indie artists.

Check out the new features in the free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting software.

Check out the changes to the effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps, including this new analogue film burn effect.

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Discover how to create blendshape-based facial rigs for VFX and game cinematics with The Gnomon Workshop's new masterclass.

Free 3D scanning app for Android and iOS phones gets automated background removal and new tools for cleaning up scans.

Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR and Cryptomatte and is now 'up to 50% faster' on AMD GPUs.