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Adobe releases After Effects 25.0
Compositing software gets 'more modern', legible interface design, and 'decluttered' 3D model import. See all of the changes here.
Adobe releases Photoshop 26.0
Image-editing software gets new AI object removal and generative AI features, plus native support for OpenColorIO and ACES.
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.0
Major update to the real-time lighting and look dev tool adds support for UDIM workflows, interactive baking, hybrid rendering.
Download Poly Haven’s free Namaqualand 3D scan library
Get over 30 free 3D scans of desert plants, rocks and ground materials in Blender, FBX and USD format, and 10 16K HDRIs. CC0 license.
Tutorial: Fantasy Creature Grooming in Houdini
Master professional hair and fur grooming techniques for visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Autodesk releases Bifrost for Maya 2.11
Maya's multiphysics plugin gets experimental new modular rigging toolset, plus the option to generate variant simulations in the cloud.
DeepMotion rolls out AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 2.4
Browser-based text-to-animation generative AI tool can now be used to create seamless animation cycles, and to retarget animation.
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 24.09
Sizeable update to the open-source game engine adds a new mobile render pipeline, and lets you create games without a C++ compiler.
Adobe announces new Content Authenticity web app
Free web app will let artists tell generative AI firms not to train AI models on their images and videos. So will it work? Read our FAQs.
Blender 4.3 lets you use Geometry Nodes with Grease Pencil
Check out the new features in Grease Pencil 3, the long-awaited overhaul of Blender's 2D animation toolset, now available in beta builds.
Tutorial: Cinematic Lighting Shot Production
Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Download 120+ free 3D scans of temples for use in Unreal Engine
Scans Factory's Temples of Cambodia asset pack comprises 120+ 3D scans of ruined temples for use in virtual production and VFX.
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 2025.1
Check out the new features in the digital painting and image-editing app, including this fluid simulation-based watercolor painting toolset.
MetaTailor 2.0 is out
Check out the new features in the promising tool for fitting 3D clothing to humanoid avatars, including a new real-time cloth physics system.
Shapelab 2024 lets you sculpt on desktop as well as in VR
Updated: the new desktop mode in Leopoly's promising digital sculpting app now supports stylus as well as mouse and keyboard.
Epic Games to cut royalty rate on Unreal Engine games
Read our FAQs on the new Unreal Engine pricing for games launched under the upcoming 'Launch Everywhere with Epic' program.
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2024.1.1
Real-time visualization software gets new wind animation controls for plants and fabric. Check out the other new features here.
Unity releases SpeedTree 10
Tree-generation software gets new tools for pruning trees and adding 3D vines. Now available as a single edition for games and VFX.
The Gnomon Workshop releases Introduction to ZBrush 2024
Get up to speed with the digital sculpting software with Madeleine Scott-Spencer's popular tutorial, now updated for ZBrush 2024.
Free Nuke plugin pScatter ‘breaks up your perfect CG renders’
Handy add-on uses position data to add imperfections to renders from 3D applications like Blender, Houdini and Maya within Nuke.
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