InstaLOD releases InstaLOD 2026
Check out the new features in this powerful set of geometry optimization tools for games and VFX work. Free to indie artists.
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
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The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 26.02
Check out the latest changes to the match-moving software for pro VFX, including a new Maya export script. Now free to trial for 14 days.
Monday, February 16th, 2026
Get free VFX image viewer and video playback tool DJV 3.3
Check out the new features in former Lucasfilm developer Darby Johnston's open-source image viewer for VFX and animation work.
Sunday, February 15th, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.5
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including new shaders for non-photorealistic and motion graphics-style effects.
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.2
Check out the latest features in the GPU production renderer, including support for meshlet streaming in network renders.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
Try Scatter: a free physics-based scattering plugin for Blender
Intuitive free tool also lets you scatter objects on curves, surfaces or volumes, or place them by clicking in the viewport.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
D5 Works: a 3D marketplace that charges you 0% commission
Read our FAQs on the free online stock asset markeplace from the creator of D5 Render, including its license conditions and stance on AI.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 2.40
Check out the new features in the open-source release of the production renderer used on movies like The Bad Guys 2.
Monday, February 9th, 2026
New tutorial - Introduction to Houdini: Fluids
Master Houdini's powerful fluid simulation toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed beginners' guide for VFX and games artists.
Sunday, February 8th, 2026
Kangaroo Builder for Maya now supports topology transfer
Handy rig-building toolset can now warp all the blendshapes for one character to another with different topology. Free for personal use.
Thursday, February 5th, 2026
See the 2026 Blender development roadmap
Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
BlendShape Monitor for Maya helps fix your messy character rigs
Neat new add-on displays the effect of individual shapes as real-time heatmaps, helping troubleshoot complex facial and full-body rigs.
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
MetaTailor 2.5 is out with new bridge plugins to Unity and UE5
Tool for auto-fitting 3D clothing to 3D characters gets new plugins for round-tripping assets to Unity and Unreal. Supports MetaHumans.
Monday, February 2nd, 2026