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Popular 3D design tool gets neat new way to turn poly meshes into clean, editable NURBS surfaces. Check out the other new features.

Full Pro version of the 2D animation and motion design tool for Windows and macOS is now free to individual artists for commercial use.

Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.

[Sponsored] Find out how upcoming tools for Character Creator and iClone put Reallusion at the front of a new era of hybrid media creation

Check out the new features in the digital sculpting software and its iPad edition, including support for ARM processors on Windows.

USD-based, responsive-design-friendly motion graphics and VFX tool is publicly available again - and is free to individual artists.

Compositing and motion graphics software gets AI-powered Object Matte tool to isolate moving subjects in video with one click.

Real-time visualization software gets new tools for matching 3D models to backplates, light linking system, more camera and lens properties.

Latest major update to the material authoring software adds new 3D Shape Splatter node, SDF shape creation tools, OpenPBR support.

See the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other pro renderers.

Path guiding library used in Blender, V-Ray and Disney's Hyperion renderer becomes open standards body's latest Sandbox project.

Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.

AI-assisted animation tool gets new Root Motion system to automatically generate animation between key poses, plus new UE5 live link.

Autodesk buys core tech and IP of the AI mocap pioneer. The Radical website will shut down on 6 July, so download your data before then.

Build the low-poly 3D dungeon of your dreams with game art firm Tidal Flask Studios' FBX asset pack. Free for commercial use, but get in quick.

Smoke, fire and liquid simulator for 3ds Max and Maya is now end-of-support, and will receive no further compatibility updates or fixes.

'Most feature-rich' update to the open-source rigging framework adds tools for automating Set Driven Key setup and blendshape transfer.

Latest update to the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools fixes a long-standing issue with Blender itself. Check out the other changes.

Discover how to create gameplay animation in Unreal Engine with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed beginners' guide.