Anthropic's patronage of Blender downgraded to one-off donation
AI firm's controversial contribution to the Blender Development Fund becomes a single donation; funding process to be 'strengthened'.
Monday, May 4th, 2026
AI
ArcBrush is a free node-based image editor and texture editor
Check out designer Albert Omoss's intriguing node-based image editor, pitched as a Photoshop alternative for game art and texture processing.
Friday, May 1st, 2026
AI developer Anthropic becomes Blender's latest Corporate Patron
New Blender Lab-developed add-on also now connects Anthropic's Claude AI models to the open-source 3D software. Read our FAQs.
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
Canva releases Affinity 3.2
Check out the latest features in the free image editing and vector design software, including a new integration with DaVinci Resolve.
Monday, April 27th, 2026
Autodesk releases Flame 2027
Compositing, finishing and effects software gets a new Annotations system and two new AI models for generating depth maps from clips.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Canva releases first major update to its free Affinity software
Check out the new features in Affinity 3.1, including Live Tone Blend Groups and a new Tone Brush for compositing and retouching images.
Wednesday, March 18th, 2026
NVIDIA unveils DLSS 5
'GPT moment for graphics' blends trad rendering with generative AI. Read our FAQs on what it means for games, and CG tools that use DLSS.
Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.10
Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine 5 world building tool, including the option to save entire groups of tools as reusable presets.
Monday, March 16th, 2026
NVIDIA launches DLSS 4.5
Updated: 6X Dynamic Multi Frame Generation due in beta this month in the AI tech used to boost frame rates in games and CG software.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Canva acquires next-gen motion graphics tool Cavalry
Motion design app is the 'missing piece' of Canva's Affinity design software, now available free. Read our FAQs on what it means for users.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Foundry acquires AI tools firm Griptape
Read our FAQs on what the buyout of the AI orchestration and generative AI tools firm means for users of Foundry apps like Nuke.
Thursday, February 19th, 2026
Autodesk lays off a further 1,000 staff
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".
Monday, January 26th, 2026
Maxon announces more details of Digital Twin
New blog post provides more info on the AI-integrated tool for creating marketing visuals - but hasn't ended criticism on social media.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026