Adobe's Firefly AI art toolset: everything you need to know

Now available commercially: read our updated FAQs for Adobe's new suite of generative AI tools.

Friday, July 14th, 2023

Magma adds new 'ethically responsible' AI art tools

Browser-based art platform's new AI Assistant is based on Stable Diffusion, but offers AI tagging and prompt tracking.

Monday, June 12th, 2023

Silhouette 2023 gets new generative AI art tools

Sizeable update to the rotoscoping app also adds new film grain nodes and the Primatte chroma keyer.

Thursday, April 27th, 2023

Boonika Art Tools launches AAA Terrains and Erosion Mixer

Check out the library of 16K heightmaps for generating high-res terrains, and a new Blender tool for creating custom erosion effects.

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

World Machine will support VDM-based terrain, not just heightmaps

Upcoming Dragontail Peak updates will also bring the veteran terrain-generation software to Linux and macOS as well as Windows.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026

Royal Render at 25: the industry's artist-first render manager

[Sponsored] Discovery why Binary Alchemy created its intelligent render-management tool - and what's new in its anniversary update.

Friday, May 8th, 2026

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

AI developer Anthropic becomes Blender's latest Corporate Patron

New Blender Lab-developed add-on also now connects Anthropic's Claude AI models to the open-source 3D software. Read our FAQs.

Wednesday, April 29th, 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

See Reallusion's 2026 roadmap: redefining 3D with hybrid AI

[Sponsored] Find out how upcoming tools for Character Creator and iClone put Reallusion at the front of a new era of hybrid media creation

Thursday, April 16th, 2026

Autodesk acquires core tech of AI motion-capture firm Radical

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

Get free Maya character rigging toolset mGear 5.3

'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

New artist video hosting platform FrameRate aims to take on Vimeo

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