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Autodesk buys core tech and IP of the AI mocap pioneer. The Radical website will shut down on 6 July, so download your data before then.

Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Smoke, fire and liquid simulator for 3ds Max and Maya is now end-of-support, and will receive no further compatibility updates or fixes.

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

'Most feature-rich' update to the open-source rigging framework adds tools for automating Set Driven Key setup and blendshape transfer.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Latest update to the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools fixes a long-standing issue with Blender itself. Check out the other changes.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Skydance Animation lighting artist Borja Rama's amazing tool builds pro-quality gobos for VFX, motion graphics and general CG work.

Monday, April 6th, 2026

AI-powered browser-based tool generates idles and movement cycles from text prompts. You can export five per month in FBX format.

Friday, April 3rd, 2026

Artist-focused platform aims to provide a better way to share CG shorts, breakdowns and demo reels than the big video hosting services.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

New online service automatically generates alpha mattes for image sequences or videos. See how it compares to other AI roto tools.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

Check out the updates to animation and rendering in the real-time 3D engine. New pricing, but still free for indie games and VFX projects.

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

Poly Hammer's Character DNA add-on lets you edit MetaHuman facial and body rigs inside Blender, including their RBF corrective poses.

Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

VFX artist Marty Blumen's neat free add-on renders volumes like clouds and fire in Nuke without round-tripping to an external renderer.

Monday, March 30th, 2026

Promising 'minimalist 3D sculpting' tool runs in a browser, on Windows, Mac and Linux, and as an iPad app. Free for personal use.

Monday, March 30th, 2026

Digital sculpting software gets its sixth consecutive annual update with no new features listed, but the price of annual subscriptions is up.

Friday, March 27th, 2026