KeenTools releases GeoTracker for Houdini in free open beta
Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
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Adobe releases Photoshop 27.6
Update to the image-editing app adds the much-anticipated AI-based Rotate Tool, and a neat new reflection removal feature.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
World Creator 2026.4 is out with a new free Community Edition
Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Reallusion releases Headshot 3.0
Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Canva releases Affinity 3.2
Check out the latest features in the free image editing and vector design software, including a new integration with DaVinci Resolve.
Monday, April 27th, 2026
Sketchbook releases Sketchbook Pro 9.4
Latest update to the veteran digital sketching and concept art software adds new Lasso Select and Draw Outline tools.
Monday, April 27th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to virtual textures, trace sets, and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Friday, April 24th, 2026
Houdini GPU liquid solver Paradigm 1.0 is now available
Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Chaos reinstates support for AMD GPUs in V-Ray
The V-Ray GPU render engine now supports AMD cards again via AMD's HIP framework - and they're actually faster than NVIDIA in some scenes.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 Update 3 for 3ds Max
Check out the new features in the 3ds Max renderer, including native parallax interiors, quick caustics, and relighting 3D Gaussian Splats.
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
3D texture painting app Wafer is now available for Windows
Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app gets its first official Windows release - and an experimental free build for macOS.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Open-source material authoring software Material Maker 1.6 is out
See the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a Controlled Variations system for material variants.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
Autodesk releases Flame 2027
Compositing, finishing and effects software gets a new Annotations system and two new AI models for generating depth maps from clips.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026