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Handy free Blender add-on displays an estimated time and progress bar for entire animations being rendered, not just individual frames.

Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.

Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.

Maya animation toolkit for VFX and games gets new tools developed for Red9's character rigging work on the latest Sonic movie.

The EmberGen dev's new app will be a 'better way to create the majority of assets' for VFX in games. Here's what we know about it so far.

Next major update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator to feature sparse sims, simulation retiming, USD support and a macOS edition.

Master key workflows for integrating character animation into interactive gameplay in UE5 with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Check out the new features in the sub-$100 image editing app, including support for Cryptomatte data when retouching 3D renders.

Check out the latest beta features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including the option to preview HLG and PQ video.

Kiri Engine 3.13 improves the quality of 3D Gaussian Splatting in the app, sharpening scans and reducing 3DGS file sizes 'approximately 50%'.

GPU-accelerated, AI-powered video retiming tool can now be used without a host app, for under half the price of a regular plugin license.

Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.

Big update to the compositing and motion design app adds a DaVinci Resolve Live Link, an After Effects converter - and a new free edition.

DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.

Compositing Academy's handy add-on creates fake rim lighting on 2D images for title sequences and motion graphics using only an alpha.

Compositing Academy's affordable add-on provides over 50 custom nodes for creating common screen graphics effects and transitions.

Master professional production workflows for managing complex simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini masterclass.

Check out the new features in the renderer, including native OpenPBR and 3D Gaussian Splatting support, and improvements to V-Ray GPU.

VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy open-source tools convert the aiStandardSurface shader to Blender's Principled BSDF.

Get CropCraft Studios' Modular Bakery Shop pack of 3D assets for creating a shop and cafe for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.