cgchannel

You can download popular Maya rig creator Truong CG Artist's handy anatomy reference software free while it's in early access.

Big update to the UE5 product and portfolio rendering plugin also lets you generate virtual scan data for use in 3D Gaussian Splatting apps.

Promising new tool based on the Storm multiphysics simulator exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG apps.

Big update to the motion design software adds a planar tracker, chroma keying, and support for file referencing to create precomps.

The iPad editions of the image-editing, vector design and page layout tools are currently available with no in-app purchase needed.

Read our FAQs on why Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher have been taken off sale ahead of an announcement on 30 October.

Check out the latest features in the architectural modeling software, including new collaboration options and updates to PBR materials.

Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.

Major update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds new AI tool for upscaling renders to 16K. Check out all the other new features.

Stock asset creator RagTarock's Abandoned Cathedral pack of modular architectural elements is free on Fab for the next two weeks.

[Sponsored] Discover how Chaos is porting the GPU functionality of its industry-leading V-Ray renderer to run on AMD Radeon PRO GPUs.

Open-source alternative to tools like Substance 3D Designer and Painter gets a long-awaited update. Check out the new features.

Community-created patch for CryEngine 5.7 adds the first publicly available new features to Crytek's AAA game engine for three years.

Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.

Neat browser-based stylization, retouching and roto tool uses texture synthesis to transfer the look of a still image to an entire video.

New $900 14-inch Android tablet works as both a standalone drawing tablet - and potentially, as a wireless pen display, for both 2D and 3D art.

Master digital drawing skills with The Gnomon Workshop's new series of introductory tutorials recorded by top Concept Designer Neville Page.

Big update to the natural media painting software adds new Bristle Brushes, environment lighting for thick paint, and better PSD support.

Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.

Promising new tech compresses complex destruction, cloth and liquid simulation caches for real-time rendering inside Unreal Engine.