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Substance 3D Painter will soon export .sbsar files
Sneak peek: see all of the new features due in the October update to Adobe's 3D texture painting app.
Autodesk launches Maya Creative
Use Maya's core tools for $3/day with this new cut-down edition for freelancers and smaller studios.
Autodesk ships Maya 2023.2
3D modelling and animation app gets faster viewport animation playback, plus updates to the rigging and Blue Pencil toolsets.
Sketchfab’s models of the month: September 2022
See the month's best 3D models, from this futuristic tram to free downloadable industrial machinery.
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2023.2
3D app gets new parametric Array modifier for tasks ranging from procedural modelling to motion-graphics-type effects.
Unity to raise subscription prices next month
Cost of Unity Pro and Enterprise plans up 13% to 25% in October. Personal subscriptions unaffected.
Get started using Blender for environment concept art
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to use the open-source 3D app to speed up concept work.
Anastasiy releases MagicSquire 6.0
Photoshop brush organiser gets new transparent HUD and neat new brush randomisation system.
Maxon releases Moves by Maxon 2023
See what's new in the free iPhone and iPad app for 3D scanning and facial and full-body motion capture.
Maxon ships Red Giant 2023
See what's new in individual FX and color correction plugin suites Magic Bullet 2023, Trapcode 2023, Universe 2023 and VFX 2023.
Blender 3.3 LTS ships
See our pick of the 5 key new features in the open-source 3D software, from new hair grooming tools to better planar tracking.
Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2023
3D software gets new soft body physics and symmetry modelling systems, OpenColorIO support. Updates are now subscription-only.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 3.4
Material authoring tool can now expose parameters to make the materials it creates editable in other DCC apps.
Polygoniq ships botaniq Maya
Popular Blender library of ready-to-use 3D trees now also available for Maya. Includes controls to adjust tree colour and seasonal state.
Check out promising browser-based AI mocap tool Plask
Neat tool extracts full body animation from video in FBX and BVH format. Now supports multi-person capture.
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Maya 2023
Master modelling, animation, lighting and rendering in Maya with this three-part series of tutorials.
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 5 R9
Check out the new features in this major update to the bonus tools for Foundry's 3D texture painting app.
Rizom-Lab ships RizomUV 2022.1 VS and RS
UV unwrapping tools get new planar UV projection mode, Python 3 scripting, Apple Silicon support.
Alexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2023 for Houdini
Now shipping: check out the new features due in the next version of the modelling toolkit for Houdini.
Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for Maya
Check out the new features in the Maya edition of the renderer, from Enmesh geometry replication to support for USD volume shaders.
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