Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 6.0
Check out the new features in the material authoring and 3D capture software, including OpenPBR support and new material templates.
Monday, June 29th, 2026
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Get 120+ free materials and assets from the new Mari Texture Library
Download free Mari Smart Materials created by leading VFX artists, plus general-purpose textures and HDRIs. For commercial use.
Friday, May 22nd, 2026
Autodesk releases Maya 2027.1
Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation app, like OpenTimelineIO support and updates to LookdevX and Bifrost.
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Maya 2027 is out: discover its new features
Read our rundown of the changes to the 3D modeling and animation app, from new AI features to Skin Tools and surface tension in Bifrost.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2026
Foundry releases Katana 9.0
Heavyweight lighting and look development tool gets a new 'UsdSuperLayer' and a preview of Hydra 2.0 rendering.
Wednesday, February 18th, 2026
Try Scatter: a free physics-based scattering plugin for Blender
Intuitive free tool also lets you scatter objects on curves, surfaces or volumes, or place them by clicking in the viewport.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.40
Check out the new features in the open-source release of the production renderer used on movies like The Bad Guys 2.
Monday, February 9th, 2026
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.34
Check out the new features in the open-source release of the production renderer used on movies like The Bad Guys 2.
Thursday, January 1st, 2026
Black Friday, Cyber Week and New Year deals for CG artists
Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available in January include 3DCoat, 3D Scan Store, CGTrader.
Friday, November 28th, 2025
Download Marmoset's free materials for Toolbag 5
Library Drop 07 makes 100+ new assets available for the real-time rendering and look dev software, including 50 new brushes.
Sunday, November 16th, 2025
Pixar releases RenderMan 27
'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.
Friday, November 14th, 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
Theory Accelerated releases Axiom 4 for Houdini
Latest update to the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver improves collisions between smoke and surrounding objects.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025