Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2026.4 with a new MCP Server
New AI connection makes it possible to use Claude or ChatGPT to control tasks in the 3D animation and motion graphics software.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
visual effects
See how Framestore created a CG battlefield for Lioness Season 3
Watch a breakdown of the studio's 3D environments, matte painting and explosion simulations for the spy thriller series.
Wednesday, September 30th, 2026
Chaos releases Vantage 3.4
Check out the new features in the real-time ray tracing renderer, including OpenPBR support and updates to smoke and fire sims.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
Explore Monkey Rave Production's VFX for In the Hand of Dante
Watch the Armenian studio's breakdown of its ocean simulation and CG environments for Julian Schnabel's literary drama.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2026
New CG software you may have missed: 28 September 2026
Discover what's new in CG tools including Shapelab Lite, Sisir and Tripo Studio, plus new anatomy reference app Portrait Studio Pro.
Monday, September 28th, 2026
Get free VFX image viewer and video playback tool DJV 3.6
Check out the new shot review toolset in ex-Lucasfilm developer Darby Johnston's open-source image viewer for VFX and animation.
Sunday, September 27th, 2026
See Redchillies.vfx's breakdown for The Ba***ds of Bollywood
Watch a making-of for the effects from Netflix's satirical action drama, including the high-octane climactic CG car chase.
Friday, September 25th, 2026
Foundry releases Mari 8.0 in open beta
Updated for Beta 2: 3D texture painting software gets new Tri-Planar Tiled and Hex Tile nodes, plus support for A/B comparisons.
Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2027.1 in alpha
Updated for Alpha 3: next major version of the GPU renderer can now bake SDFs to meshes, to use as proxy geometry in simulations.
Thursday, September 24th, 2026
Check out Vine FX's VFX breakdown for Alice and Steve
Watch the studio's breakdown of a blazing building, with simulated fire, smoke and particles, from the finale of the Disney+ 'wrong-com'.
Thursday, September 24th, 2026
See Image Engine's breakdown for Avatar: The Last Airbender S2
Check out the studio's VFX breakdown for the spectacular elemental duels from Season 2 of the fantasy action-adventure series.
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026
New CG software you may have missed: 20 September 2026
Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, like animation library builder Animcraft, game engine Unigine, and OctaneRender.
Sunday, September 20th, 2026
See Alchemy 24's VFX breakdown for Michael Jackson biopic Michael
Check out the Montréal studio's making-of for its invisible effects for Antoine Fuqua's santized, but box office record-breaking, music biopic.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2026