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Get started in characxter animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly introduction.

Free Blender object scattering tool gets its 'most powerful update yet'. Check out what's new in it, and in Graswald's online 3D plant library.

New online service generates 2D images matching the pose of a 3D character. Currently free in beta.

Chaos's versatile object scattering tool is coming to the Maya edition of the renderer. See a demo here.

Now shipping: check out this streamlined tool for 3D modelling and concept design, described as 'CAD for artists'.

Now shipping: visualisation tool gets streamlined new UI, updated path tracer, multi-GPU rendering.

Get volumetric captures into UE5 to use as props or environments with the plugin, currently free in alpha.

Production renderer gets new sky model, new Flakes shader for car paint, new Renderview Backplate, and more updates to Redshift RT.

Check out the new tools in Maxon's Magic Bullet, Trapcode, Universe and VFX suites of effects plugins.

New AI-powered system for controlling Maya by entering natural-language text prompts launches in beta later this month.

Material authoring and 3D capture software gets new Paint Warp filter to straighten scanned textures.

Maya hair plugin's Graft Grooms system makes it possible to create entire hair grooms in a few clicks.

See the crazy motion graphics effects created by the renderer's distance shader, supported in 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini & Maya.

3D animation and motion graphics app gets new Thicken generator, updates to Pyro simulations and the Commander.

Digital sculpting app gets neat new Proxy Pose and Drop 3D systems, but the new features are currently only available via subscriptions.

Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.

3D modelling and rendering app gets new Boolean modifier, new material nodes, enhanced animation tools, and OCIO support.

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.

Discover how to create appealing hairstyles for 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Lower-cost edition of 3DCoat for texture painting gets new colour smoothing tool, better UV mapping.