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version control

Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.

Monday, January 6th, 2025

Free tools help artists and studios set up collaborative USD-based workflows without the need for a custom production pipeline.

Thursday, November 21st, 2024

Heavyweight story development tool with integrations to Photoshop and Maya can now also be used in a standard web browser.

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Check out the new features in this major update to the terrain design tool, and its new integration plugins for Houdini and Unreal Engine.

Thursday, August 1st, 2024

Now available free, technical artist Paul Ambrosiussen's P4Houdini plugin integrates Houdini with Perforce's version control tech.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

VFX and visualization artist Scott Rafferty's open-source plugin gives UE5 a single unified interface to browse, edit and apply materials.

Sunday, January 21st, 2024

Check out the new features in the story development tool, including support for proxy servers and more reliable native version control.

Saturday, May 20th, 2023

Check out the new features in the collaborative virtual scene editing tool for Unreal Engine and Maya.

Tuesday, October 4th, 2022

Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.

Tuesday, April 13th, 2021

Interesting collaboration tool for virtual production and VR syncs scene editing sessions across Maya, UE4 and Unity.

Saturday, March 14th, 2020

Godot 3.2 ships

Leading open-source game engine gets revamped shader editor, glTF 2.0 and FBX import, and a new pseudo-3D system for 2D games.

Thursday, January 30th, 2020

Artist-focused version control system gets native UE4 integration, new annual subscription pricing.

Monday, August 26th, 2019

CryEngine 5.6 to add layered microfacet materials. CryEngine 5.7 to see real-time ray tracing, big animation update.

Monday, May 13th, 2019