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Indie users can now use the real-time effects tech to compress and play back an unlimited number of OpenVDB sequences for free.

Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.

New app lets users carry out shared online design reviews of 3D models, either in a standard web browser, or in room-scale VR.

Promising hard-surface-focused add-on implements Substance 3D Painter-style layer-based texture painting inside Blender.

Master professional workflows for creating believable CG creatures for VFX projects with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Check out the latest features in the popular UV packing plugin, including one-click Auto Repacking, and support for texel density.

Check out the new features in the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX, including better support for HDR metadata.

See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.

Asset library ScansMatter's modular Warehouse Environment pack is free on Fab for the next two weeks. 4K PBR textures, commercial use.

See the new prices for the AI-based VFX and animation platform, formerly known as Wonder Studio - and its new free subscription plan.

Minor update to the intuitive tracking and head reconstruction plugins adds support for Blender 4.5 and Nuke 16.0. See all of the changes.

Check out the changes to the free video editing and grading software, including new workflows for creating XR content for the Apple Vision Pro.

Check out the changes to the 3D scanning app, including new Auto Tiling and Fold Removal filters, and the option to flatten material layers.

Popular library of 3D plants gets over 200 new assets from around the world, plus the option to filter plant species by location.

Master the foundations of professional-level painting in concept art with The Gnomon Workshop's essential beginner's guide.

Check out the new AI Material Generator and image enhancer in this major update to Chaos's production renderer.

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including the option to send objects from a Max scene to a USD stage.

Check out the changes to the 3D animation app, including updates to LookdevX and new generative animation system MotionMaker.

[Sponsored] Games artist Francis Lamoureux reveals how he uses Reallusion's Character Creator to convert sculpts to game characters.

Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.