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Boris FX releases Sapphire 2025
Set of effects plugins for apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve gets new tools for mimicking the look of analog video.
Epic Games releases RealityCapture 1.5
Big update to the photogrammetry app adds USD export and new options aimed at games and VFX. Free to indie artists and studios.
KeenTools releases FaceTracker for Blender
Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.
How PFX created its invisible effects for The Hungarian Dressmaker
Discover how the studio recreated 1940s Bratislava for the period drama, blending seamless set extensions and crowd simulation.
Check out Blender crowd animation add-on Population 2
Promising lightweight add-on for creating 3D crowds for animation or visualization now lets you paint crowd characters into the scene.
Download SideFX’s free Project Greylight toolkit for Houdini
Free tools help artists and studios set up collaborative USD-based workflows without the need for a custom production pipeline.
Adobe releases Photoshop 26.1
Update to the image editing and digital painting app makes it possible to edit color gradients from the contextual task bar.
Chaos ships Corona 12 Update 1 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D
Architectural renderer gets new live link to Chaos Vantage, better volumetric caustics, and new AI-based render upscaling system.
5 key features in Blender 4.3
Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2024.3
Big update to the real-time terrain generator adds new snow and debris simulation tools, and changes pricing and licensing.
Free tool: Reallusion’s Blender Auto Setup plugin
Newly rebranded plugin transfers 3D characters, shaders, rigs and animation from Character Creator and iClone to Blender.
Download VFX Assets’ free 2D Cloud Textures Pack
Get 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.
Create perfect topology for animated characters
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D characters with animation-friendly, production-ready topology in Maya and ZBrush.
Ephere releases Ornatrix 3 for Cinema 4D
Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.2 and Universe 2025.1
Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.
Unreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1
Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 19.1
Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.
Get the Blender Studio’s free Brushstroke Tools for Blender
Neat free extension lets you apply painterly brushstrokes to the surface of 3D models while texturing them, and control the strokes procedurally.
Scene Group releases Cavalry 2.2
Next-gen motion design software gets support for OpenType fonts, plus the option to create color gradients along strokes.
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