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Master professional creature design workflows in ZBrush, Maya and Unreal Engine 5 with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Download high-resolution HDRIs and HDR skies without having to register on the site. EXR format, for commercial use.

Free tool lets users view glTF and GLB files in augmented reality, with PBR materials. Source code available to other app developers.

Real-time renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets better hair and fur rendering, better denoising and upscaling, new firefly filter.

VFX artist Freddy Chávez Olmos reveals how generative AI and Nuke's CopyCat toolset created digital make-up for his horror short.

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including updates to Chaos Scatter, and support for Open Image Denoise 2.

'Biggest release yet' of the next-gen tool for motion design and VFX adds new options for working with vector shapes, text and audio.

New plugin lets visualization artists use lighting design tool HDR Light Studio for more precise control over models being rendered in UE5.

Handy free tool transfers secondary animation set-ups authored in Maya to MetaHumans and other characters in Unreal Engine.

Major update to iClone adds a complete crowd simulaton system to the real-time animation software. See all the new features here.

Update overhauls the VR sculpting software's surfacing toolset, and adds initial support for PBR materials and image-based lighting.

Significant update moves native 3D file import and the Advanced 3D renderer out of beta and into the stable release of the software.

Discover how to use Houdini's sparse Pyro solver in production with The Gnomon Workshop's essential tutorial.

3D texture painting software gets new Vulkan-based geometry map baking system, and more procedural texturing nodes

Check out the new features in the latest free update to the general-purpose image-editing software.

Sizeable update to the production renderer adds MaterialX support, new Enscape bridge, and updates to V-Ray GPU and Chaos Scatter.

Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.

Check out the workflow changes in the desktop edition of the image editing software, and the generative AI tools in the tablet edition.

Firms to end deal struck in 2021 when Unity acquired Weta Digital's in-house VFX technology and engineering staff.

Check out the features due in the GPU renderer in 2024, including MaterialX support, new AI assistant OctaneGPT, and light field baking.