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Check out self-taught animator SouthernShotty's inspirational animation breakdown for his 13-minute, one-person Blender short.

Sharpen your concept design skills with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced masterclass, recorded by Star Atlas artist Jort van Welbergen.

Big update to the browser-based generative AI tool makes it possible to create 8K 360° environments from text prompts or sketches

First new Ampere-generation workstation GPUs in two years are entry-level cards for AI and less demanding CG work.

New plugin generates procedural 3D buildings from modular parts, directly inside the real-time animation software.

Check out the latest features in the set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Free update to the industry-standard set of add-on tools for Mari adds powerful new Node Editor and Ramp Editor.

Check out the new features in the stable version of the virtual reality sculpting software, and the experimental public beta release.

Free tool to prevent generative AI models from learning artists' personal styles from online images is now faster and more robust.

Archtectural design and hard surface modeling software gets new higher-performance graphics engine with support for ambient occlusion.

Check out the experimental features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including the option to import and render 3D animations.

Suite of effects plugins gets new tool for importing, texturing and rendering 3D objects in After Effects, for motion graphics or VFX work.

Big update to the renderer adds non-photorealistic reneriing system, overhauls volume rendering, and adds official support for AMD GPUs.

Check out the new features in the animation and motion graphics software, including a complete new particle simulation toolset.

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

Discover key techniques in Blender and Photoshop with Larian Studios Art Director Jarold Sng's detailed tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.

Create professional-quality turntable renders of your 3D models for your portfolio with VFX artist Cristian Spagnuolo's handy Maya template.

Handy free web app lets creature designers and animators manipulate real-world animal skeletons in 3D, and even see them in motion.

Upcoming virtual production toolset will let studios use existing V-Ray assets on LED walls with full ray tracing "without any preprocessing".

Open-source framework should help devs write plugins to send files between Substance 3D apps and tools like Blender and Maya.