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Alembic

Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.

Thursday, April 10th, 2025

Big update to the renderer adds OpenPBR support. See the other new features for 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users.

Thursday, April 3rd, 2025

Check out the latest features in the popular Maya fur and feathers plugin, including new nodes for resolving intersections.

Monday, March 24th, 2025

Asset baking and export add-on can now bake PBR textures from any Blender shader set-up, not just the Principled BSDF shader.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.

Sunday, March 9th, 2025

Master character effects workflows for animation, cinematics and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed Houdini tutorial.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

Renderer gets better multiscattering in volumes, USD procedural support in Maya, and initial support for GeForce 50 Series GPUs.

Thursday, February 13th, 2025

DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.

Monday, January 20th, 2025

Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.

Friday, December 27th, 2024

Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.

Friday, November 22nd, 2024

GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool gets new terrain sculpting and phasing animation systems, plus 3D Gaussian Splatting.

Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

Check out the new features in the 3D clothing design software, including improvements to its real-time simulation toolset.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024