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Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool, including Runtime Virtual Texturing and an Advanced Water Shader.

You can download the set of 1,200+ meshes of buildings and props free from Epic Games' Fab marketplace - but you'll need to be quick about it.

New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.

Animator Tal Minks' promising Maya plugin extracts hand animation from a standard webcam and bakes it to any five-fingered Maya character.

Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.

Check out the new features in the modular, open-source, hardware-agnostic framework for developing real-time rendering technology.

Check out the new versions of AMD's AI-based image upscaling, sharpening and frame-generation tech, available via its GPU drivers.

First RDNA 4 GPUs get strong reviews in the gaming press. But how do they fare in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve?

Major update to Dimension 5's real-time visualization software adds experimental path tracing system. Check out the other new features.

So why is the Maya and 3ds Max developer culling 9% of its global workforce when revenue is actually going up across the business?

New standalone app from the maker of the Unwrella plugins for 3ds Max and Maya promises easy UV unwrapping and packing.

Discover five key new features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shading, lighting, animation and physics.

Check out the new features in the architectural modeling app, also used in concept art, including HDRI lighting and PBR materials.

Master character effects workflows for animation, cinematics and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed Houdini tutorial.

Promising open-source add-on lets you scatter plants and rocks in your scenes according to elevation, texture masks or guide curves.

Check out the new time-tracking tools in the cloud-based production management platform for VFX. Free for six months to startup studios.

Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.

3D tracking and match-moving software gets new multi-export system, AI-based roto masking, and 3D head mesh for head tracking.

Check out the changes to the intuitive NURBS modeler, including a revamped interface, and a new Section Analysis command.

Financial problems of the owner of Mikros Animation and VFX Oscar-winners MPC and The Mill threaten thousands of artists' jobs worldwide.