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Free add-ons help prepare your 3D characters for use on the AI-powered online platform for adding CG characters to live action scenes.

3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and rendering software, including updates to Booleans, animation and USD for 3ds Max.

Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.

New 'industry cloud' for media and entertainment will enter early access in January 2024. Read our FAQs on what we know about it so far.

Library Drop 05 makes over 200 new materials and textures available for the real-time rendering software, plus a new set of Smart Masks.

Check out the new features in the photogrammetry app, including an interesting new mosaicing-based option for UV unwrapping.

Discover how Framestore created the distinctively handmade look of its animation sequence for the new Haunted Mansion movie.

Discover how to sculpt a creature from the inside out in Maya and ZBrush in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed anatomy tutorial.

Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Formerly Cinema 4D-only library of materials, models and HDRIs now also available for apps including Blender, Houdini and Unreal Engine.

Get to grips with the powerful procedural material-authoring software with The Gnomon Workshop's artist-friendly guide.

3D texture painting and material authoring software gets SVG import, new drag and drop workflows, and better handling of translucency.

Much-anticipated new iOS app lets you use Move AI's markerless mocap technology on video captured on a single iPhone.

New GPU-accelerated AI mocap add-on for iClone extracts facial motion data from video in real time. Works with consumer webcams.

GPU-accelerated UV packing plugin gets new UV tracking and stacking systems. Now available for Windows, Linux and macOS.

Create a VFX sequence of a character dissolving using Unreal Engine, Houdini and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.

Browser-based generative AI platform could soon generate complete 360° game environments from text prompts or sketches.

Heavyweight lighting and look dev software gets new Native USD framework to power up USD workflows. Live Rendering now 'up to twice as fast'.