Chaos releases Anima 6.2 with extended traffic simulation
Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
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Chaos releases V-Ray 7.2 for SketchUp with new AI Upscaler
Major update to the SketchUp edition of the renderer adds new AI tool for upscaling renders to 16K. Check out all the other new features.
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Material Maker 1.4 is a big update to the free material authoring app
Open-source alternative to tools like Substance 3D Designer and Painter gets a long-awaited update. Check out the new features.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
Download the free CryEngine Community Edition
Community-created patch for CryEngine 5.7 adds the first publicly available new features to Crytek's AAA game engine for three years.
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.1 for 3ds Max
Update to the popular effects plugin makes it easier to exchange simulation caches with Houdini, Bifrost, EmberGen and LiquiGen.
Monday, October 6th, 2025
EbSynth 2 can turn video into animation without using AI
Neat browser-based stylization, retouching and roto tool uses texture synthesis to transfer the look of a still image to an entire video.
Monday, October 6th, 2025
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8
Big update to the natural media painting software adds new Bristle Brushes, environment lighting for thick paint, and better PSD support.
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Faceform releases Wrap 2025.9 and Wrap4D 2025.9
Check out the new features in the topology transfer tools for creating digital doubles and blendshapes from 3D scans of actors.
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
Marvelous Designer is now available for Linux
New Linux version of the 3D clothing design software for VFX and game development adds a Python API for studios to automate repetitive tasks.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.2 with Nanite support
Major update to the real-time visualization app adds support for Nanite and the Unreal VCam virtual camera app. Free to indie artists.
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
Boris FX releases Silhouette 2025.5
See the neat new AI-based masking workflows in the roto and paint app, including a new Face ML node for automatic facial segmentation.
Friday, September 26th, 2025
Pixar unveils the new features of RenderMan 27
Check out the changes coming in the 'most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight renderer for animation and VFX.
Thursday, September 25th, 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