Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.4
Check out the changes to the production renderer, including updates to hair shading, bloom effects, and Global Light Sampling.
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
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Unreal Engine 5.7 is here: see five key features for CG artists
See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.3
3D software for architectural visualization and VFX gets updates to the Conform Modifier, Material Switcher and USD workflows.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Autodesk releases Maya 2026.3 and Maya Creative 2026.3
Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from new character rigging features to destruction simulation in Bifrost.
Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
Check out the new features in storyboarding app Previs Pro 3.1
Intuitive, AI-assisted storyboarding and previs app gets new Pose mode for posing characters. Now comes with a free edition for indie projects.
Friday, November 7th, 2025
Das Element 2.2 uses AI to sort your 2D and 3D VFX assets
Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organized asset library. Update adds new media type for MaterialX and Substance materials.
Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Get KitBash3D's $245 Dieselpunk kitbash asset kit for free
Set of over 1,300 detailed 3D assets for kitbashing retrofuturistic cities in Unreal Engine is free on Fab for two weeks. For commercial use.
Tuesday, November 4th, 2025
You can still get Modo for free, even if you weren't a Modo user
Final release of the 3D modeling, animation and rendering software is available under an extended EOL license, but grab it soon.
Sunday, November 2nd, 2025
Reallusion launches AI motion-capture service Video Mocap
New mocap solution for iClone users integrates directly into the animation app, extracting full-body and hand motion from source video.
Friday, October 31st, 2025
Free tool Clothy3D Studio auto-fits clothing to 3D characters
Interesting tool suite transfers clothing and rigs between 3D characters from different sources. Works with UE5 MetaHumans.
Wednesday, October 29th, 2025
Master hard-surface modeling for concept art in Autodesk Fusion
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Introduction to Fusion provides a complete beginner's guide to using Fusion for concept design.
Saturday, October 25th, 2025
Foundry releases Flix 8.0
Check out the new features in Foundry's heavyweight story development software for VFX and feature animation.
Friday, October 24th, 2025
Huion unveils $1,399 24-inch 4K Kamvas Pro 24 (Gen 3) pen display
Affordable 24-inch pen display for professional 2D and 3D artists supports 10-point multi-touch and 16,384 levels of pressure sensitivity.
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025