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Download the new USD version of the legendary production data set, optimised to render in RenderMan.

Under-the-hood update to the library of effects for compositing and editing apps adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.

See the month's best real-time 3D models, including boots, armor and spaceships to download for free.

Low-cost digital painting and video processing app gets new Warp Mesh filter and tonemapping tool.

Android and iOS app can be used free for object capture. Unity Mars users get environment capture too.

Free assets include this modular kit of 3D parts for medieval castles. FBX format, 8K PBR textures, commercial use.

Get 2,000 x 1,000px sky images to use in matte painting or as render backplates. For commercial use.

Try promising open-source add-ons for camera tracking and markerless facial, finger and body mocap.

Interesting standalone app authors fibre- or card-based hair for use in game engines and real-time apps.

V-Ray and Corona still dominate market, but UE4, Twinmotion and D5 Render all gaining ground.

New two-part Gnomon Workshop tutorial sets out his approach to story development and concept art.

New free web-based production tracking tool provides a visual overview of a movie or animation.

See news of Autodesk's latest acquisition, Blender's latest backer, and a free glossary of virtual production terms.

Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.

Neat add-on generates attractively stylised trees that can be exported to DCC apps or game engines.

Unreal Engine plugin for the Atoms Crowd simulation system gets support for runtime variation and 'XPU animation'.

Quinton Qu's incredible feat of visual programming wins Adobe's 2021 Substance 3D Designer Insanity Award.

Material authoring tool gets new Physical Size system for scanned materials, new Cloth Weave filter.

Updated: New visual programming system for Maya and Unreal Engine now free for non-commercial use.

Architectural modelling app gets improved curve drawing, new search and tagging features, native support for Apple's M1 processors.