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Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.7.1
Maya multiphysics plugin gets better voxel smoothing, volume rendering, Component Tag support.
Get 370+ free custom ZBrush brushes from XMD Source
Check out the latest brushes in this growing online library of assets for Maxon's digital sculpting software.
Cycles is coming to Modo
3D modelling software to integrate the physically based GPU renderer used in Blender via new Foundry-supported plugin Cycles4Modo.
Unreal Engine 5.2: five key features for CG artists
Read our run-down of the latest features in UE5, from procedural content and Substrate materials to Chaos Flesh.
Nick Kallen ships Plasticity 1.1
Promising lightweight NURBS modeller gets on-screen measurements, auto-backup system, 3D text and STL export.
Sculpt Tool lets you do digital sculpting inside 3ds Max
Games artist Mihail Lupu's neat $45 script lets you create or edit organic models directly inside Max.
Adobe releases After Effects 23.4
Compositing tool gets improved layer and 3D workflows, plus new tools for troubleshooting crashes.
Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2023
Updated: perpetual licences of the 3D sculpting and retopology app now back down to their old price.
Free tool: Stable Houdini puts Stable Diffusion in Houdini
Use generative AI inside Houdini to create matte paintings or concept art based on simple 3D scenes.
See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Open 3D Foundation releases Open 3D Engine 23.05
Big update to the open-source game engine adds node-based material system, OpenXR support.
LightWave Digital announces LightWave 2023
First version of the 3D animation software in three years to ship in Q4 2023. Upgrade deals include company shares.
Blender’s simulation nodes are coming in Blender 3.6
Long-awaited node-based simulation system reaches the daily builds of the open-source 3D app.
Poly lets you generate 8K PBR textures from text prompts
AI-based online service can also tile or upscale existing textures, or create missing PBR texture maps.
F3D 2.0 is a free, lightweight ray traced 3D model viewer
Neat open-source tool displays 3D models or point clouds in common formats on Windows, Linux, macOS.
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8
Real-time lighting app gets neat new Scrim Light type mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups.
Boris FX releases free edition of Particle Illusion 2023
Free standalone edition of the GPU accelerated particle generator gets new 3D and fluid dynamics options.
RenderHub: a friendly 3D community and marketplace
[Sponsored] Discover what this growing art community and online 3D marketplace has to offer you.
Tutorial: Photogrammetry for Production Artists
Discover how to create production-quality 3D scans of props in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Get Antoine Bagattini’s free Blender add-on BagaPie V10
Popular modifier gets new tool to package your Geometry Nodes set-ups into custom Blender add-ons.
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