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Blender

Linux-based VFX and games studios get new alternatives to the Substance 3D tools. Includes the Blender and Maya integrations.

Monday, May 4th, 2026

AI firm's controversial contribution to the Blender Development Fund becomes a single donation; funding process to be 'strengthened'.

Monday, May 4th, 2026

Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.

Thursday, April 30th, 2026

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

Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

Discover how to animate and render a demo sequence in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's free intermediate-level video training.

Saturday, April 25th, 2026

The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.

Thursday, April 23rd, 2026

Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

Insydium's popular Cinema 4D particle tool is coming to Blender. Read our FAQs on its likely price, features and release date.

Monday, April 20th, 2026

Popular 3D design tool gets neat new way to turn poly meshes into clean, editable NURBS surfaces. Check out the other new features.

Friday, April 17th, 2026

Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

Path guiding library used in Blender, V-Ray and Disney's Hyperion renderer becomes open standards body's latest Sandbox project.

Monday, April 13th, 2026

Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.

Sunday, April 12th, 2026