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Founder members of new body to promote open-source games tech include Adobe, AWS and Intel.

Create production-ready 3D character models with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Dynamixyz's facial mocap tech now available exclusively to Take-Two's own studios like Rockstar Games.

Neat JavaScript-powered concept sketching web app was inspired by Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.

Compositing and effects software gets new camera tracking features. Now certified for use on systems with AMD as well as Intel CPUs.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from free characters to entire miniature animated worlds.

Sales of digital art via NFTs divide opinion in the CG community. We spoke to artists and financial experts about the pros and cons.

Get the latest Non-Commercial edition of Pixar's renderer for personal use and plugin creation.

New RenderMan integration places the open-source 3D app on the same footing as Maya or Houdini.

Long-awaited update includes new hybrid CPU/GPU rendering mode. See all the new features here.

Discover Unreal Engine workflows for The Mandalorian-style virtual production with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Online library of source images for matte painters now available as 16-bit DNG RAW and 32-bit EXR files, along with 360-degree HDRI skies.

New app based on Apple's Object Capture API turns photos into textured OBJ or USDZ models.

Uncredited use of Greyscalegorilla and HDRI Haven content in videos for the Substance 3D Collection was 'a mistake'.

Veteran free digital sketching app for Mac, PC, iOS and Android gets spun off to a new independent firm.

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.