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Read our pick of the key changes to rendering, animation and physics in the open-source game engine - plus five neat quality-of-life updates.

New add-on adds DaVinci Resolve-inspired controls for cinematic color grades, film grain and lens effects in Blender's compositor. Free edition.

Games artist Grzegorz Baran's meticulously researched PBR Color Reference list is an vital source for look dev and shading artists.

Second major round of layoffs at the 3ds Max and Maya developer in a year will affect sales staff and is not "an effort to replace people with AI".

Dell becomes the first major PC manufacturer to back development of the open-source 3D software, contributing €30,000/year.

Thinkinetic's destruction plugin now lets users update the geometry or shatter pattern of the object being broken after a sim has been run.

Now production-ready: neat new tool creates VFX-quality fluid simulations for export to CG software in USD or Alembic format.

Check out the new features for CG, VFX and motion graphics artists in the latest major update to Adobe's compositing software.

See the new features in the open-source alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including DDS support and seven new SDF nodes.

Latest update to the kitbashing software lets you work on more than one object in the free version, and lifts restrictions on object Variants.

Popular GPU-accelerated UV packing add on gets new Dynamic Tiles system and more texel density controls. See all the changes.

Check out the new features in the latest version of the popular lightweight cloth simulation and 3D garment design add-on for Blender.

Get scan-based PBR texture sets at up to 8K resolution, and import them directly into Blender with the new LotPixel download manager.

Master crowd simulation for VFX and game cinematics with The Gnomon Workshop's crash course in Maya crowds add-on Golaem.

Lightweight 'terrain-aware' tool generates realistic water flow around coastlines and river banks. Works with Eevee and Cycles.

Check out the latest features in the real-time lighting design tool, including energy-conserving light scaling, and support for OCIO 2.5.

Check out the new features in this major update to the GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool and its new lightweight edition.

New blog post provides more info on the AI-integrated tool for creating marketing visuals - but hasn't ended criticism on social media.

Cryptic Realms' Necropolis asset pack for Unreal Engine is usually sold for $99.99, but is currently free on Fab. For commercial use.

Character animation and creation apps get new subscription plans, while the AccuPose Infinity add-on switches to a perpetual license.