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Discover how to create more believable character animation with The Gnomon Workshop's new intermediate-level Maya tutorial.

3D scanning firm Kiri Innovations' free add-on lets you edit 3DGS scan data inside Blender, and apply simple animated effects.

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, and its Unreal Engine-based real-time renderer.

Set of effects plugins for apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve gets new tools for mimicking the look of analog video.

Big update to the photogrammetry app adds USD export and new options aimed at games and VFX. Free to indie artists and studios.

Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.

Discover how the studio recreated 1940s Bratislava for the period drama, blending seamless set extensions and crowd simulation.

Promising lightweight add-on for creating 3D crowds for animation or visualization now lets you paint crowd characters into the scene.

Free tools help artists and studios set up collaborative USD-based workflows without the need for a custom production pipeline.

Update to the image editing and digital painting app makes it possible to edit color gradients from the contextual task bar.

Architectural renderer gets new live link to Chaos Vantage, better volumetric caustics, and new AI-based render upscaling system.

Now available: read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to Eevee and Cycles.

Big update to the real-time terrain generator adds new snow and debris simulation tools, and changes pricing and licensing.

Newly rebranded plugin transfers 3D characters, shaders, rigs and animation from Character Creator and iClone to Blender.

Get 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D characters with animation-friendly, production-ready topology in Maya and ZBrush.

Hair and fur plugin gets new tools for 'grafting' procedural hair grooms onto a character, and 'boxing' operators into single modifiers.

Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.

Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.

Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.