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New site shows real-world pay data for jobs in VFX, animation, games and motion graphics, submitted anonymously by other users.

Tuesday, August 18th, 2026

$6 app collects visual reference for art, animation and motion graphics projects into organized boards, and can import and step through videos.

Monday, August 17th, 2026

See the week's other updates to CG tools, like V-Ray 7.4 for Cinema 4D, Storm HydroFX 1.5, and free motion graphics tool Autograph 2026.1.

Sunday, August 16th, 2026

Sizeable free update to the real-time rendering and look dev tool adds Text and Scatter Layers, and support for IES light profiles.

Thursday, August 13th, 2026

Neat add-on lets animators import and scrub through reference video directly inside Maya - and now to edit entire reference sequences.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026

Sales of the tech Academy Award-winning software, formerly used on Hollywood blockbusters, to end this November. Read our FAQs.

Monday, August 10th, 2026

Get up to speed with the digital sculpting software with Madeleine Scott-Spencer's popular training course, updated for ZBrush 2026.

Sunday, August 2nd, 2026

Successor to the popular PSA add-on adds true spectral atmospheres to Blender scenes - complete with real-world air pollution effects.

Wednesday, July 29th, 2026

Material authoring and 3D painting app now lets you paint directly onto a mesh's UVs in a dedicated 2D viewport. See all the new features.

Monday, July 27th, 2026

New 'Bring Your Own Data' feature lets studios train models for Maya's MotionMaker system using their own keyframe or mocap data.

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from cloth physics in Geometry Nodes to a big change to Cycles.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2026

Check out the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a new Dynamic Sky Material. Now also on Steam.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2026

Discover how to create game-ready materials with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide to modern environment art workflows.

Saturday, July 11th, 2026