Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 16.0
Latest major update to the material authoring software adds new 3D Shape Splatter node, SDF shape creation tools, OpenPBR support.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
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Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 21.0 in beta
Discover key features for VFX artists and colorists in this major update to the free color grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Download 480+ free kitbash assets and materials with Cargo 3.0
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
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2026.1
AI-assisted animation tool gets new Root Motion system to automatically generate animation between key poses, plus new UE5 live link.
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
Get free Maya character rigging toolset mGear 5.3
'Most feature-rich' update to the open-source rigging framework adds tools for automating Set Driven Key setup and blendshape transfer.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Retopoflow 4 now makes Blender auto-save in Edit Mode
Latest update to the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools fixes a long-standing issue with Blender itself. Check out the other changes.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
Adobe releases Photoshop 27.5
Check out the new features in the image-editing app, including tighter integration with online mood boarding platform Firefly Boards.
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
Boris FX acquires Vegas Pro, Sound Forge and Acid Pro
VFX and motion graphics tools firm buys Magix's pro video and audio editing software. New version of Vegas Pro already available.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
Howler 2026.5 adds 3D landscape generator Fractal Garden
Digital painting and animation tool gets new accompanying web-based apps, including a complete low-poly 3D landscape generator.
Saturday, March 28th, 2026
Autodesk releases Mudbox 2027
Digital sculpting software gets its sixth consecutive annual update with no new features listed, but the price of annual subscriptions is up.
Friday, March 27th, 2026
KeyShot releases KeyShot Studio 2026.1
Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.
Friday, March 27th, 2026
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.0 for Maya with FumeFX GPU
New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the Maya fluid dynamics plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2027
New features in the character animation and mocap-editing software include new quaternion math tools for complex rigs.
Thursday, March 26th, 2026