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New non-photorealistic rendering branch of the open-source 3D app is being developed with input from anime firm DillonGoo Studios.

Popular lightweight Blender fluid simulation add-on now lets you art direct simulations with guide curves. Check out the other new features.

Game engine now imports meshes, materials, lights and animation in USD format, including in the free Community edition.

Tracking app's new AI-powered roto workflow lets users isolate objects with a single click, then propagate the matte through an entire shot.

Discover how to create 3D designs that can be turned into physical movie props with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.

New iPad and iPhone edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software can now import and export data in FBX format.

Check out the popular GPU-accelerated UV packing and UV stacking tool, now available for Maya as well as Blender.

Neat free Geometry Nodes setup lets you create 3D animation using 2D workflows in Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.

SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.

Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.

Now available: 3D texture painting software gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.

Discover to create a truck model suitable for use in a VFX production pipeline with The Gnomon Workshop's best-practice guide.

Source code for the USD add-on for the 3D modeling and animation software is now available under an Apache 2.0 license.

Download an 8km x 8km UE5 environment created in a massive 10-week art jam, with custom plugins and world-building tools.

GPU renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering options and a USD Command Line Rendering tool for use on render farms.

3D animation and motion graphics software gets revamped Boolean modeling system, plus updates to simulation and USD workflows.

Digital sculpting software gets new Quick Polygroup Brush, updated Anchors Brush, tighter integration with the Redshift renderer.

Check out the changes to 3D workflows in the latest update to the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX work.

Updated for version 1.17: VR modeling software gets new non-destructive workflow for blocking out complex hard surface models.