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Standalone app and plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images also now works with non-Adobe software, including Affinity.

Friday, June 26th, 2026

Rendering and visualization software gets Apple GPU support, a new cloud rendering service, and new subscription pricing.

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

Pro photogrammetry tool can now use both AMD consumer and workstation GPUs to speed up processing. Free to indie artists.

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

Updated: check out motion designer Mike Gaynor's neat After Effects alternative, currently free in beta - and now available for Windows.

Thursday, June 25th, 2026

Update to the 3D texture painting software for games and VFX reworks baking and UV unwrapping. Check out all of the new features.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

New free edition of the real-time animation software can be used indefinitely, including on commercial projects - but there are limitations.

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including the option to relight and render imported 3D Gaussian Splats.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026

Unity artists get updates to the Shader and VFX Graphs, but OptiX denoising and the Built-In Render Pipeline are both deprecated.

Monday, June 22nd, 2026

Image editing software now supports OCIO 2.5 - and lets you use custom AI models trained on your own images with Generate Image.

Thursday, June 18th, 2026

New features in the compositing and motion graphics app include DoF in the Advanced 3D renderer and a new Curl Noise effect.

Thursday, June 18th, 2026

Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026

Blender version of the renderer also gets a new Node Wrangler and GPU rendering on AMD GPUs, including in the free Community Edition.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026

New version of the terrain design software adds new macro system and 16K baking, but release dates for Gaea 2.4 and 3.0 pushed back.

Monday, June 15th, 2026