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Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app is now officially available for Windows - and there's an experimental new build for macOS.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026

Insydium's popular Cinema 4D particle tool is coming to Blender. Read our FAQs on its likely price, features and release date.

Monday, April 20th, 2026

Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

Latest major update to the material authoring software adds new 3D Shape Splatter node, SDF shape creation tools, OpenPBR support.

Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

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

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.

Friday, April 10th, 2026

Intuitive new AI-powered feature in the Photoshop beta turns cutout 2D objects into 'rotatable 3D images' to speed up composites.

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

'GPT moment for graphics' blends trad rendering with generative AI. Read our FAQs on what it means for games, and CG tools that use DLSS.

Tuesday, March 17th, 2026

First preview of the next major version of the GPU renderer adds a new neural rendering mode, AI Light 2.0 sampling and USD export.

Monday, March 16th, 2026

Updated: check out the upcoming changes in the veteran terrain generation app for games and VFX, also including changes to macros.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2026

Updated: 6X Dynamic Multi Frame Generation due in beta this month in the AI tech used to boost frame rates in games and CG software.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2026

Maxon to partner with Tencent to integrate the HY 3D generative 3D engine into the upcoming Cinema 4D for iPad. Read our FAQs.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2026

Long-awaited update will let you denoise animation properly with the CPU/GPU denoiser, used in apps like Blender and V-Ray.

Friday, January 30th, 2026