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Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.

Pulze's handy add-on streamlines the process of building and updating complex Photoshop files from V-Ray or Corona renders.

Create a creature, environment and FX simulation entirely in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.

Get Scale XYZ's Pirate Stilt Village Island Modular Pack of 3D buildings, props and trees for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.

Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.

Full version of Escape Motions' iPad and iPhone app for painting images using particle brushes is now free, as is mandala-creation app Inspirit.

Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Updates to the site may be less frequent than usual over the next two weeks, but normal service resumes on 6 January.

Get started with the industry-standard tool for creating clothing for 3D characters with The Gnomon Workshop's beginners' guide.

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Check out the new features in the GPU renderers, including initial USD support and a complete new animation system.

Check out the new features in the sculpting and retopology app, including integration with RealityCapture for photogrammetry.

Check out the neat new Sky Paint tools in the December 2024 update to the sky-creation tool for VFX, visualization and games work.

Environment generation software gets highly multithreaded rendering, plus heightfield export to 16-bit TIFFs for Unity and Unreal Engine.

Current beta build of the image-editing app lets users create and import custom image-stylization filters as Substance 3D .sbsar files.

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.

[Sponsored] Discover how Reallusion's free plugin streamlines the transfer of characters from Character Creator 4 to 3ds Max.

Check out the new features in the sculpting tool for VR and desktop systems, and its new lower-cost edition for Meta Quest 3 headsets.

Check out the changes to font browsing in the latest workflow update to the image editing and digital painting software.