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Check out the new features in the game engine, from major updates to Lumen and and the animation tools to the new Mocap Manager.

Artist-friendly renderfarm manager for visualization and VFX supports 3ds Max, Blender and Fusion, with C4D, Maya and Houdini to come.

Latest version of the pro graphics tablet for digital painting and 3D modeling reworks the Xencelabs pens, and reduces the price.

Popular digital sculpting app for iPads and Android tablets is now available as experimental free builds for Windows and macOS.

Check out the new features in the roto and paint app, including new AI tools for refining masks, generating depth maps, and fixing glitches.

Popular parametric modeling plugin gets versatile new Spline Operators, and procedural systems for creating windows, walls, ceilings and cables.

Neat add-on lets you create good-looking rivers, complete with surrounding terrain, simply by drawing a path in the viewport.

Discover key features for VFX artists and colorists in this major update to the free grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.

Free update to the 3D compositor adds new deep compositing toolset, Cryptomatte support, and 180 VR workflows. See all the new features.

Node-locked licenses of the renderers ended, new ArchDesign, ArchViz and M&E Collection product bundles launched.

Can't get a live model? These UE5-based apps let you pose 3D hands to act as a reference when sketching, painting or sculpting.

Get over 20 high-res HDRIs of natural exteriors and architectural interiors in EXR format, for VFX, visualization and motion graphics.

Create energy FX using a robust generalist approach in Houdini, Maya and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps get new AI tools for generating masks and depth maps, and fixing glitches. Prices up.

Check out the latest features in the open-source Maya character rigging and animation framework and its new Unreal Engine bridge.

Development of the open-source CPU/GPU renderer and its Blender plugin now 'back on track' after three years. See what's new.

Sales and downloads of the cut-down editions of ZBrush to end on 30 May 2025, but a new 'freemium' desktop version is 'on its way'.

Get environment artist Emran Bayarti's Downtown Alley modular asset pack free for two weeks on Fab. For commercial use.

AI-generated assets can still be uploaded, but will be made 'essentially invisible'. See how the policy compares to other sites.

Improve your skills in designing, sculpting and texturing 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.