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Production renderer gets native support for the hardware-accelerated ray tracing technology in Apple's new M3 processors.

See the features due in the next update to the AI-assisted animation software, including an interesting system for 'unbaking' mocap data.

iClone-to-Unreal Engine live link can now bake complete crowd animations to single sequences in Unreal Engine. Free for indie artists.

Neat plugin lets users draw outlines in the viewport and have them filled automatically with naturally randomized sets of 3D plants.

Maya edition of the renderer gets support for MaterialX, initial support for LookdevX, and the option to scatter lights with Chaos Scatter.

Discover a complete concept design workflow based around the open-source 3D software with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Experimental tech lets NVIDIA-only apps, including RealityCapture and Arnold, run unmodified on AMD GPUs. Check out our FAQs on it.

Check out Blender's work-in-progress layered animation system, including the roadmap, tech demos - and some very early UI mockups.

Handy add-on creates organic strands between two points on the surface of a 3D model, in a similar way to ZBrush's Slime Bridge.

Check out the new features in the free photogrammetry app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, including better scan cropping tools.

Zhihao Yao's beautiiful new $15 plugin provides a complete 'toolkit for creating 3D ink paintings' inside the open-source 3D software.

Check out the latest features in the virtual reality sculpting tool, including a new algorithm for upresing sculpting layers.

New small-form-factor 16GB card is the cheapest Ada Generation pro GPU. See how it performs in CG apps like 3ds Max, Maya and V-Ray.

Much-anticipated real-time liquid simulator gets first public preview. See which features are in the initial alpha, and which are coming later.

Intriguing plugin uses Stable Diffusion AI models to turn simple geometry into photorealistic images, with detailed materials and lighting.

Discover how to use mocap data to create a combat animation with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced six-hour tutorial.

Long-awaited new macOS edition of the veteran 3D animation tool is due out later today, for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

OctaneRender developer becomes Blender's latest Corporate Patron, contributing at least €240,000/year to the open-source 3D software.

Overhaul of the compositing app's 3D toolset continues, with the option to import 3D models in OBJ format and environment maps as EXR files.

Detailed interior scene provides a practical example of production-ready USD data structures for VFX or animation work.