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Classed as a patch, so it's free to all users of the sculpting app, despite the end of free perpetual upgrades. Check out its new features here.

3D painting directly in Sculpt mode and interactive previews in Eevee due in the open-source 3D app in the next few releases.

Get stock snow images for use in VFX and matte painting. Pre-keyed 2K PNG files, for commercial use.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create hero-quality assets with the tree authoring tool.

Latest update to the digital painting and image editing software adds native WebP support, and improves GPU use in the Oil Paint filter.

Download the new USD version of the legendary production data set, optimised to render in RenderMan.

Under-the-hood update to the library of effects for compositing and editing apps adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, including boots, armor and spaceships to download for free.

Low-cost digital painting and video processing app gets new Warp Mesh filter and tonemapping tool.

Android and iOS app can be used free for object capture. Unity Mars users get environment capture too.

Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use.

Get 2,000 x 1,000px sky images to use in matte painting or as render backplates. For commercial use.

Try promising open-source add-ons for camera tracking and markerless facial, finger and body mocap.

Interesting standalone app authors fibre- or card-based hair for use in game engines and real-time apps.

V-Ray and Corona still dominate market, but UE4, Twinmotion and D5 Render all gaining ground.

New two-part Gnomon Workshop tutorial sets out his approach to story development and concept art.

New free web-based production tracking tool provides a visual overview of a movie or animation.

See news of Autodesk's latest acquisition, Blender's latest backer, and a free glossary of virtual production terms.

Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.

Neat add-on generates attractively stylised trees that can be exported to DCC apps or game engines.