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Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2024
3D modelling and rendering app gets new Boolean modifier, new material nodes, enhanced animation tools, and OCIO support.
5 key features in Blender 3.5
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.
Tutorial: Creating Stylized Hairstyles Using ZBrush
Discover how to create appealing hairstyles for 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Pilgway releases 3DCoatTextura 2023
Lower-cost edition of 3DCoat for texture painting gets new colour smoothing tool, better UV mapping.
Xencelabs launches Pen Display 24
See how Xencelabs' promising 24" 4K pen display stacks up against those from Wacom and Huion.
RandoMixer randomises your 3ds Max scenes
Neat new plugin quickly generates variant looks for 3D models, 3D scenes - or even 3D characters.
Left Angle launches Autograph Creator
Indie artists and small studios get new lower-cost edition of the next-gen motion design and VFX tool.
Nvidia announces Spring 2023 updates to Omniverse
Check out the latest changes to Omniverse including upcoming support for real-time ray traced subsurface shading.
Get free Cesium plugins for UE5, O3DE, Unity, Omniverse
Open-source geospatial data plugins create full-scale replicas of the Earth inside game engines.
These free scripts put ChatGPT inside CG software
Use the AI chatbot to write custom scripts inside After Effects, Blender, Nuke and Unity with these add-ons.
MetaShoot puts a virtual photo studio in Unreal Engine
New plugin makes rendering model turntables or product visualisations inside UE5 a one-click process.
Anastasiy releases Magic Squire 7.0
Photoshop brush organiser now lets you pick custom colours and backgrounds for brush thumbnails.
Eye candy: Epic Games’ 2023 MetaHuman sizzle reel
See beautiful new animations created with the toolset for creating next-gen real-time 3D characters.
Adobe releases Photoshop 24.3
Small workflow update extends the image editing and digital painting app's Share for Review feature.
Epic Games announces Fab
Unreal Engine, ArtStation and Sketchfab marketplaces to merge into giant 'open market' with assets for all DCC apps & game engines.
Unity ‘unveils’ Unity AI
Engimatic promo video seems to promise new generative AI art tools for game developers. Either way, you can sign up for the beta now.
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 6.0 for 3ds Max
Major update turns the gaseous fluid simulator into a multiphysics toolkit. Now subscription-only.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.2
Check out the new features in the VR modelling software - and its new $149.99 perpetual licence.
Nvidia and Shutterstock to build AI text-to-3D service
Landmark deal will enable users to create custom 3D models just by typing in simple text descriptions.
Nvidia unveils RTX 4000 SFF and 5 new RTX laptop GPUs
Latest pro GPUs to use Nvidia's Ada Lovelace architecture include $1250 small form factor 20GB card.
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