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Reallusion’s 2026 3D Character Contest: meet the winners!
[Sponsored] Discover the winning entries in the $45,000 character design and animation contest for users of Reallusion software.
See Framestore’s VFX breakdown for period drama East of Eden
Discover how the studio recreated early 20th century California in CG for the Netflix adaptation of John Steinbeck's classic novel.
Plasticity 2026.2 is out
Popular 3D design tool gets a new system for building reusable asset libraries and a Curvature Analysis shader. See the other new features.
Watch Raynault’s VFX breakdown for Mayday
Check out the studio's CG recreation of Washington D.C. for an eye-catching aerial shot from the Apple TV action comedy.
Tutorial: Creating Incendiary Burn FX for Game Characters
Discover how to create a character destruction effect using UE5's Niagara toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Check out Digital Domain’s VFX breakdown for Disclosure Day
See a four-minute breakdown of the effects for the sci-fi movie, including CG aliens and animals created with DD's new three-tier muscle system.
New CG software you may have missed: 18 October 2026
Discover what's new in 10 key CG tools from Autograph, IlluGen, LiquiGen and Red Giant to Moho, ComfyUI and Nomad Sculpt.
Maxon releases Redshift 2027.0
GPU renderer gets a new fur procedural, ACES 2 support and updates to real-time render engine Redshift Live. See what else is new.
See Magic Dust VFX’s breakdown for Outlander: Blood of My Blood
See the studio's breakdown of its environment work for the historical drama series, including amplifying a real river into a raging torrent.
Tripo integrates GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst into its workflow
[Sponsored] Discover how adding the new AI model to Tripo Studio has improved workflow when creating 3D assets from reference images.
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2027.0
3D animation and motion graphics app gets a new object scattering system, and updates to liquid sims. Check out the other new features.
Maxon releases ZBrush 2027.0 and ZBrush for iPad 2027.0
Check out the new features in the digital sculpting software, including the new UV Editor on desktop, and projection painting on iPad.
Foundry releases Mari 8.0
Latest major version of the 3D texture painting software adds new Tri-Planar Tiled and Hex Tile nodes, plus support for A/B comparisons.
Watch VineFX’s VFX breakdown for Pompeii: Out of Time
See how Vine FX recreated the city of Pompeii and the massive volcanic eruption that buried it for the National Geographic docudrama.
Get free Maya character rigging toolset mGear 5.4
Big update to the open-source rigging framework adds unified facial rigging, a redesigned Anim Picker, and 3D onion skinning.
Watch beloFX’s VFX breakdown for Mother Mary
Check out the CG crowds and the 'red spirit' that haunts a global pop icon, created by beloFX for David Lowery's psychological thriller.
Sparseal releases CozyBlanket Pro
Much-anticipated AI-assisted retopology, UV unwrapping and baking app is now available for iPad. A desktop edition is in development.
Check out Roxel Creative’s eerie VFX breakdown for Backrooms
See a brilliantly unsettling VFX breakdown of the CG environments from the psychological thriller, like the aptly named Vertigo Room.
BiteTheBytes unveils World Creator 4
Big update to the terrain generator will let you create complete planets. Check out its other new features and release date.
See how Rebel Unit flooded London for The End We Start From
Watch a breakdown of the studio's award-nominated VFX for the survival movie, including a semi submerged CG Fleet Street.
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