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Get free FX elements simulated in EmberGen in CC0 format, including this seamlessly loopable tornado.

New Gnomon Workshop video reveals how to learn from method actors to improve your animation.

Physics-based animation software gets Constraints system for weapons, plus new Node Editor and Python API for technical artists.

Compositing and editorial tools get support for NDI, OpenTimelineIO and new machine learning features.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, from cute creatures to downloadable cars and trains.

Major update to the renderer adds new object scattering, decal and cutaway systems, plus new pricing.

Update makes it possible to paste live text from Illustrator and adds multithreaded compositing, but removes the Shake Reduction filter.

Sizeable update to the compositing app integrates Frame.io for free, adds native Apple Silicon support.

Update makes new Omniverse connection plugin available to all users of the lighting design tool.

Latest Long Term Support release of the game engine adds no new features, but will continue to receive regular fixes until 2024.

GPU-based terrain generation app gets new Fast Render mode, plus bridge tools for Unity and UE4.

GPU-accelerated sparse gaseous fluid solver gets new profiling tools. Native Metal support now in beta.

Long-awaited update to the game engine is smaller than first planned, but features updates to Scaleform and the GamePlatform plugin.

Milestone update to the game engine is now officially available, Check out its key features here.

Get the new Unreal Engine 5 demo scene, and packs of 3D buildings, vehicles and crowd characters.

Discover who Adobe and Autodesk have just bought, Intel's move into pro GPUs - and the 'world's smallest workstation'.

Neat ZTool can be used to apply wrinkles from real-world facial scans to your character sculpts.

Create this ultra-realistic 3D mantis with Eric Keller's detailed new tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.

Popular soft tissue simulation plugin gets its first major update in two years. See the new features.

3D modelling and rendering software gets glTF support, plus updates to the Physical Material, retopology tools and auto-backup.