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Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from Simulation Nodes and GPU ray tracing to neat hidden bonuses.

Free plugin lets you create skyboxes by entering text prompts inside the Unreal Editor if you have a Skybox AI API key.

Discover which Nvidia GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Scene layout and rendering tool's new AI-based GPU denoiser cuts rendering times by 'up to 99%'.

New features in the renderer include updates to Corona Decal and improved volume rendering.

Interesting new app lets users create custom game content from an online library of CC0 assets.

Check out the new features in the digital painting and image editing app, including non-destructive painting in text and shape layers.

3D texture painting software gets neat 3D path system for painting along editable Bezier guide curves.

Turn photos into 3D models with the free mobile scanning app. Now works on Android as well as iOS.

Free environment scene demos Unreal Engine 5.2's Procedural Content Generation framework and Substrate materials.

AI-assisted head-generation plugin for Character Creator can now turn 3D meshes - including partial facial scans - into full CC4 characters.

Check out the new features in Reallusion's 3D character generator and real-time animation software.

Nifty new electromagnetic field generator will reduce drift when used with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro II and Smartgloves mocap systems.

Discover how to create assets for games with The Gnomon Workshop's new beginner's guide.

Update improves CPU rendering performance, adds render backplate system in 3ds Max, deformation motion blur in Blender.

Neat tool for sculpting and deforming animation caches from other DCC apps gets new FBX pipeline for use with game engines.

Virtual reality modeling software gets new live Boolean preview and support for viewport ray tracing.

Hotly tipped toolset can transfer facial motion from iPhone footage to a MetaHuman in Unreal Engine.

Photorealistic short shows the quality of facial performances provided by Epic Games' new UE5 mocap toolset.

Check out the new features in the Houdini edition of V-Ray, like the TexBump2Glossiness node for materails like skin.