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Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from path guiding in Cycles to a hidden bonus for motion designers.

3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.

Major update to the compositing software adds complete new USD-based 3D system, plus free library of Nuke machine learning models.

Turn 2D concepts into printable 3D sculpts with The Gnomon Workshop's essential new tutorial.

Free PDF guides provide overviews of the game engine's key toolsets, with downloadable examples.

Compatibility update to the compositing software adds support for Cinema 4D 2023, plus 'several stability and performance fixes'.

Access to the pioneering browser-based 3D modelling and rendering tool and its library of 500,000 free 3D models to end on 31 December.

Free browser-based tool generates animation in FBX and BVH format for use in apps like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.

Amazon gets into crowd simulation, Autodesk buys into volumetric video, and Sketchfab goes 18+ only.

$99/year lens simulation plugin will be integrated into the compositing app for free - including Nuke Indie.

Neat free photogrammetry app lets you generate high-quality 3D models with your smartphone.

Ambitious three-year plan to revamp Blender's rigging and animation tools begins next year.

Ace real-time physics tool now lets you pose characters simply by pulling them around like puppets.

Epic Games' new free tools let users view and edit the 'DNA' of next-gen MetaHuman characters.

First stable release of Octane 2022 adds new photon tracing kernel and Standard Surface material.

Firm ditches perpetual licences of the GPU renderer, but adds MoI 3D and Cascadeur to its subs package.

Long-awaited expansion of the Geometry Nodes system now available as an experimental branch of Blender.

Updated: save money with over 160 seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Modelling, retopology and painting app gets multiresolution sculpting system, better volumetric painting.

Photogrammetry app now exports low-res scans to Sketchfab without using credits. Update also improves export to UE5.