Howler 2026.5 adds 3D landscape generator Fractal Garden
Digital painting and animation tool gets new accompanying web-based apps, including a complete low-poly 3D landscape generator.
Saturday, March 28th, 2026
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AMD releases FSR SDK 2.2 with new AI denoiser Ray Regeneration
SDK for games and CG software developers now includes AMD's Redstone AI rendering technologies, including the new AI denoiser.
Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Autodesk releases Mudbox 2027
Digital sculpting software gets its sixth consecutive annual update with no new features listed, but the price of annual subscriptions is up.
Friday, March 27th, 2026
KeyShot releases KeyShot Studio 2026.1
Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.0 for Maya with FumeFX GPU
New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the Maya fluid dynamics plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2027
New features in the character animation and mocap-editing software include new quaternion math tools for complex rigs.
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.5.1 with free cloud rendering
New version of the production renderer includes 40 free hours per month on the tech preview of cloud rendering service Flow Render.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2027
Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation tool, including Smart Bevel, the Noise Plus modifier and the Field Helper.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
OpenUSD 26.03 adds support for 3D Gaussian Splats
3DGS data can now be converted from PLY format, stored natively in USD files, and rendered using the new hdParticleField renderer.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Epic Games lays off another 1,000 staff
Second round of job cuts in three years attributed to 'downturn in Fortnite engagement'. We assess what it means for Epic's CG tools.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
ONYX Ai Matte automatically generates masks from video
Promising GPU-accelerated add-on for DaVinci Resolve and Nuke generates 'production-quality mattes without manual roto'.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
Handy Maya add-on RefTool speeds up portrait modeling
Neat script collects the key controls for modeling to reference images into an intuitive UI, preserving your creative flow. Version 2.1 is free.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
Free tutorial: Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5
Discover how to create an action sequence in UE5 with DNEG artist Kosuke Iwasaki's free intermediate tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.
Monday, March 23rd, 2026