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Effects plugin suite for compositing apps gets new tools for creating 3D particle systems, plus nine new GPU-acclerated cinematic effects.

Set of effects plugins for editors and compositors adds electricity, stop motion and analog effects, plus Metal support for Mac users.

Material authoring app formerly known as Substance Alchemist also now creates lighting set-ups.

3D texture painting app gets better auto UV unwrapping, support for the new Adobe Standard Material.

Major update gives Adobe's material authoring tool a complete new procedural modelling toolkit.

Intuitive new 'virtual photography' app features physics-aware layout tools, Vulkan-based GPU rendering.

Adobe's Substance applications get new names, new logos, new products and new bundle pricing.

Buyout of Pixyz's CAD data preparation and import tools may also lead to new workflows for games artists in the Unity Editor.

GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Houdini and Maya gets new OCIO 2-based colour management system, including ACEScg support.

Free plugin based on Blender's Geometry Nodes system lets you paint plants into your 3D scenes.

New $900 15.6-inch model is XP-Pen's first professional pen display to support 4K UHD resolution.

Athanasios Pozantzis's handy add-on connects points with animatable splines for motion graphics work.

Interesting new driver feature raises viewport frame rate in apps like 3ds Max and Twinmotion when running on AMD's latest pro GPUs.

New cloud-based service will let VFX artists use 100 of Weta's Academy Award-winning in-house tools inside a custom build of Maya.

Rocket Lasso's cool tool creates motion graphics effects ranging from cobwebs to energy bursts.

Create compelling concept art for games or movies with The Gnomon Workshop's new video training.

Check out the updates to Smart Extrude, modifiers and retopology in the latest version of the 3D modelling and rendering software.

One-click colour-matching app for concept art work and image-to-LUT tool now available as standalone software for Windows and macOS.

Activision's neat open-source USD Shell Extension lets you view and edit USD files directly in Windows.

Updated: fast, robust Boolean modeler now exports 3D assets to other DCC apps in PLY format.