Howler 2026.3 is out
Check out the new features in the digital painting and animation app, including a new rich text system and built-in video transcoding.
Saturday, January 24th, 2026
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Pulldownit 6.5 for Maya gets neat new non-destructive workflow
Thinkinetic's destruction plugin now lets users update the geometry or shatter pattern of the object being broken after a sim has been run.
Thursday, January 22nd, 2026
Storm HydroFX 1.0 is a GPU-based standalone FLIP fluid simulator
Now production-ready: neat new tool creates VFX-quality fluid simulations for export to CG software in USD or Alembic format.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Adobe releases After Effects 26.0 with native Substance support
Check out the new features for CG, VFX and motion graphics artists in the latest major update to Adobe's compositing software.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Check out free material authoring software Material Maker 1.5
See the new features in the open-source alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including DDS support and seven new SDF nodes.
Tuesday, January 20th, 2026
UVPackmaster 4 for Blender is out
Popular GPU-accelerated UV packing add on gets new Dynamic Tiles system and more texel density controls. See all the changes.
Monday, January 19th, 2026
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 9.3
Check out the latest features in the real-time lighting design tool, including energy-conserving light scaling, and support for OCIO 2.5.
Thursday, January 15th, 2026
Dimension 5 launches D5 Render 3.0 and D5 Lite
Check out the new features in this major update to the GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool and its new lightweight edition.
Thursday, January 15th, 2026
Maxon releases Cinebench 2026
Popular free CG benchmark now supports Apple M4 and M5 processors, AMD 9000 series GPUs and NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.
Monday, January 5th, 2026
Poser 14 is out
Update to the veteran figure-posing software streamlines materials and environment workflow, but removes the Cloth Room and macOS edition.
Monday, January 5th, 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
Science.D.Visions releases 3DEqualizer4 8.1
First 2025 update to the high-end matchmoving app adds features for solving piggyback cameras, and a new Blender export script.
Tuesday, December 30th, 2025
The Pixel Farm releases 2025 updates to PFTrack
Check out the latest changes to the matchmoving sofware, including improvements to lens distortion. Perpetual licenses available again.
Monday, December 29th, 2025