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Digital sculpting software gets fourth consecutive 'minor update' in four years. See the complete changelog for the release here.

Check out the changes in the compatibility-breaking update to the renderer, including better denoising and progressive rendering.

Check out the changes ijn the 3D modeling and rendering software, including updates to retopology, OCIO color management and USD.

Check out the latest features in the 3D modeling and animation app, from the new Smart Extrude system to LookdevX, Arnold and Bifrost.

Check out the new features in the compositing software for motion graphics and VFX, like support for per-character text styling.

Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D app, from better baking to improvements to Cycles and the Sequencer.

Discover the fundamental principles of character design with The Gnomon Workshop's new introductory tutorial.

Current state-of-the-art AI model generates 3D assets from text prompts 'near instantly', even on a single previous-gen GPU.

Popular plugin for creating 3D head models from source photos of an actor gets streamlined new one-click texturing workflow.

New open-source generative AI model can create a textured 3D mesh from a single source image in under a second.

High-performance video retiming tool's new AI-trained algorithm reduces 'wobbles, gloopiness and ghosting' on tricky shots.

Open-source tech converts 3D models, materials and animation data between USD and FBX, glTF, OBJ, PLY and STL formats.

Set of AI tools for games artists and developers gets new generative AI model for its text-to-PBR-material system. Find more details here.

Paid standalone edition of the 3D particle generator supersedes the old free edition, but can be run indefinitely in trial mode.

Check out the new features in the real-time lighting design software, including new shadow modes for the signature LightPaint system.

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and rendering app in the first major update since Foundry's reboot of its development strategy.

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Croods: A New Age.

Discover how to create environment assets for VFX or games cinematics in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Much-praised Ragdoll Dynamics physics system, used by top VFX and games studios, is now available for Blender as well as Maya.

Get the new version of the free Blender plugin for importing and editing Substance .sbsar materials, now available for Blender 4.0.