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Updated: cut-down edition of popular auto-rigging system ACS2 now also works with Modo Indie.

Check out the new features in the popular plugin for generating 3D heads from source photographs.

Update to the Houdini edition of the renderer extends V-Ray for Solaris, improves the hair material.

Digital nature tools get new Omniverse connector, support for Redshift and RenderMan materials.

Clarisse's much-anticipated hybrid CPU/GPU renderer available via early access builds of Clarisse 5.5.

Latest version of Maya adds new options for retargeting facial animation. Bifrost, USD, Substance and Arnold plugins all updated.

3D modeling and rendering tool gets Per Viewport Filtering options, further updates to Smart Extrude.

Cinema 4D renderer gets new texture randomisation options, light instancing, native support for Apple M1 processors.

See what's new in this performance-focused update to Maxon's suite of After Effects plugins for common VFX tasks.

Turn your sculpts into printable meshes with Gnomon Workshop's new guide to creating collectibles.

See what's new in the the sub-$100 image editor, including new image stitching and mesh gradient tools.

See what's new in the the sub-$100 image editor, including new image stitching and mesh gradient tools.

Updated: see our pick of the five key changes in this milestone release of the open-source 3D app, from Cycles X to the Pose Library.

New live link plugin makes it possible to edit Cinema 4D content interactively inside Unreal Engine.

See what's new in RenderMan, Redshift, Enscape, R3DS Wrap and Render Manager 2 for 3ds Max.

Games tools firm buys artist-friendly browser-based shot review system used on Oscar-nominated animated feature Over the Moon.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from Arcane fan art to a downloadable kit of parts for steampunk buildings.

Check out next year's roadmap for the GPU renderer, and the new features in OctaneRender 2022.1 XB0, the first public preview build.

New non-commercial edition lets you use the suite of VR sculpting and character rigging tools for personal projects.

Master current games environment workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.