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Check out the new features in the varied updates to the topology transfer tools for creating 3D characters from scan data.

Site updates may be less frequent than usual over the next week, but normal service will resume on Monday 5 January.

Get 3D scans created in Kiri Engine, retopologized and converted to LODs. Blender and FBX format with 4K PBR textures, CC0 license.

First formal USD spec marks a step towards making USD an ISO-ratified cross-industry standard. See what it means for CG software developers.

New 72GB edition of the RTX PRO 5000 increases memory capacity for GPU rendering and simulation. Check out its specs and street price.

ProductionCrate's free After Effects plugin adds beautiful Interstellar-inspired black holes to your VFX and motion graphics projects.

New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the 3ds Max effects plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Games Environment Artist Marco Maria Rossi's modular Medieval Village asset pack is available for free until the end of the year.

Latest update to the image-editing and digital painting software adds the option to choose new third-party AI models for Generative Fill.

Check out the latest features in the natural media painting software, including Gradient Maps and updates to the new Bristle Brushes.

See how NVIDIA's top-of-the-range Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs performed in real-world tests in popular DCC applications.

New release removes all license restrictions from the Maya rigging toolkit - but update before 1 March 2026 if you're using an older version.

Check out the new features in the popular hard surface modeling tool, including a new instancing system, and shareable web previews.

Check out the changes to the planar and 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered system for refining tricky edges on mattes.

Check out the changes to the Maya edition of the renderer, including a new displacement material, and a viewport live link to Vantage.

Check out the new features in the material authoring software, improving workflow when creating and editing node graphs.

Check out the features in the latest beta build of Nuke, also including a new BigCat node for training larger custom AI models on VFX data.

Check out the latest features in the Blender edition of the renderer, including macOS support, and a new distributed rendering system.

Real-time ray tracing renderer is now available as a viewport renderer in Houdini, via a Hydra delegate. New smoke and fire simulator, too.

Check out the changes to the Houdini edition of the renderer, including a 'completely re-imagined' volume shader for smoke and fire.