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New Linux version of the 3D clothing design software for VFX and game development adds a Python API for studios to automate repetitive tasks.

Major update to the real-time visualization app adds support for Nanite and the Unreal VCam virtual camera app. Free to indie artists.

Popular AI-based image upscaling and processing tools Gigapixel, Photo AI and Video AI go subscription-only on Friday.

Native support due in Spring 2026. See a sneak peek of a 310-million-poly ZBrush character running on a Snapdragon X2 Elite laptop.

Popular hair plugin for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Maya and Unreal Engine is now available free to educational institutions and students worldwide.

See the neat new AI-based masking workflows in the roto and paint app, including a new Face ML node for automatic facial segmentation.

Check out the changes coming in the 'most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight renderer for animation and VFX.

Latest update to the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver improves collisions between smoke and surrounding objects.

Environment artist Maarten Hof's Modular Rural Cabin pack of AAA-style game assets is free to download for the next two weeks.

Beginner-friendly 14-inch HD display is Wacom's thinnest, cheapest pen display to date. Check out its key specs for digital art.

Check out the new features in the image-editing app, including a new system for creating and managing shared cloud-based projects.

Big update to the GPU-based terrain generator adds new biome and object scattering systems. See all of the changes, and the new pricing.

Popular 3D plant creator's models will be available via Chaos's Cosmos asset library after its e-store closes on 1 October 2025.

Check out the changes to the scattering and scene layout toolset, including support for wind animation in the new ForestIvy plugin.

Check out the stock resources, add-ons and even complete 3D scenes available for free in the Blender asset library. For commercial use.

Check out the changes to the kitbash asset library's browser app, plus the free 3D vehicles, models and materials available through it.

Check out the latest features in the intuitive, AI-assisted storyboarding and previs app, and its free edition for student and indie projects.

Original Blender creator to hand over role as CEO of the Blender Foundation to COO Francesco Siddi at the start of next year.

3D animation software for VFX and games to get new 'agentic AI partner' Autodesk Assistant and AI lip-sync tool FaceAnimator.

Read our pick of the latest artist features in the open-source game engine. including updates to lighting, shading and animation.