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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.

Check out the new features in the desktop and VR sculpting tool, including a reworked 3D gizmo and an eye-catching Elastic Move tool.

Check out the features due in next year's major update to the terrain design app, including USD support and new Blender and Maya plugins.

Check out the changes to the popular set of Cinema 4D add-ons, also including GPU-accelerated smoke and fire simulation in NeXus.

Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new workflows for creating more complex forms for buildings.

Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.

Check out the new features in the set of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including generation of depth maps from video.