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Trimble releases SketchUp 2023.0
Check out the new features in the architectural modellling software, also often used for concept art.
Modif: a free AI-based mocap app for iOS and Android
Plask's new mobile app extracts full-body animation data from video captured on your phone or tablet.
Adobe ships Photoshop 24.2
Small workflow update to the image editing and digital painting software improves Share for review and the Object Selection tool.
Check out the new Blender 4.x release schedule
Open-source 3D software to move to three releases per year to ease pressure on developers and TDs.
Get 350+ free 3D props and 3D plants for Unreal Engine
Download packs of game-ready assets released free with Epic Games' Old West Learning Project.
Reallusion ships iClone 8.2 + iClone Unreal Live Link 1.2
Check out the new features in the real-time animation software and its live link plugin for Unreal Engine.
Reallusion releases Character Creator 4.2
Character-creation tool gets long-awaited dynamic wrinkle system, better MetaHuman compatibility.
Free tool: export_masks for Substance 3D Painter
Get Wes McDermott's handy free add-on for... well, exporting layer masks from Substance 3D Painter.
SideFX releases Houdini for Apple Silicon
New build of the procedural 3D software with native support for Apple's M1 and M2 chips is now production-ready.
Foundry unveils big changes to Modo development
3D modelling app gets expanded dev team, new release schedule. mPath renderer 'put aside for now'.
Foundry stops development of Colorway
Dev team for Foundry's tool for visualising variants of product designs now assigned to Modo.
Foundry ships Modo 16.1
Check out the new features in the 3D modelling and rendering software, including interesting new workflows for applying decals.
Sketchfab introduces NoAI and CreatedWithAI tags
Online 3D model site to change its rules to stop use of NoAI-tagged content in training AI art tools.
AMD releases FSR 2.2
Open-source render upscaling tech for games and DCC apps now supports temporal upscaling. See what's new in the latest update.
Free tool: Mohsen Tabasi’s StableDiffusion_Houdini 2.0
Use Stable Diffusion to turn simple 3D scenes in Houdini into detailed concept images and illustrations.
Tutorial: Creating Environment Concept Art for Games
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create concept art matching real-world constraints.
Sketchfab’s models of the month: February 2023
See the month's best 3D models, from painterly environments to badass Borderlands characters.
Check out promising free SDF modelling tool Clavicula
Unusual free tool provides a quick way to rough out ideas for props, concept art or product designs.
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 1
Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the renderer, including USD export.
Free tool: Hextile for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Mohsen Tabasi's award-winning free tool minimises visible repeats by tiling textures using a hex grid.
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