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Interesting alternative to roto for VFX work exports matte frames to compositing apps like After Effects

Check out the new features in the real-time tool for exploring V-Ray scenes, like the new cloud system.

See a full list of new features in the next version of Houdini, including updates to creature effects, fluid simulation, Solaris and Karma.

NMKD Software's neat tool retimes video - but you can also use it speed up 3D animation workflow.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to sculpt a production-ready creature in ZBrush and Maya.

Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.

Scattering plugin gets support for V-Ray 6, plus new options for replacing scene objects by name.

Eidos-Montréal's UnrealVDB lets users view VDB files inside Unreal Engine and render them with its path tracer.

Real-time visualisation software gets new HDRI backdrop system, and physics-based layout tools.

Check out the new features coming to the real-time fluid simulator's GPU particle system, including motion trails and 'force masking'.

See the games Houdini was used on this year alongside clips of the custom tools used to create them.

Check out the curve-based hair system due in Blender 3.3, and the upcoming real-time compositor.

Neat add-ons generate textures for use inside game engines like UE5, complete with flow and ID maps.

Master 2D concept design with Transformers: Cyberverse artist Léo Chiola's Gnomon Workshop tutorial.

OpenVDB-based meshing plugin gets new GPU-accelerated, network-capable FLIP/PIC solver.

Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.

Popular add-on for baking fluid simulations to flipbooks and flowmaps in UE4 and UE5 is free during July 2022.

Check out the new features in the browser-based tool for turning video footage into 3D animation. You can use it for free in beta.

Suite of rig management and character animation tools brings AAA workflows to indie artists.

New 2022.35 update lets users sculpt and paint simultaneously with any of 3DCoat's voxel brushes.