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Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from new digital sculpting tools and GPU compositing to 'Eevee Next'.

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.

Sunday, July 14th, 2024

Try the popular image editing and digital painting tool for free as part of Serif's extended six-month free trial of its Affinity apps.

Monday, July 8th, 2024

Check out the new features in the free 3D sketching app, available natively for iPads and as a Chrome web app for Android tablets.

Sunday, June 30th, 2024

Epic Games' free 3D scanning app for Android and iOS now lets you download the 3D scan directly, rather than via Sketchfab.

Tuesday, June 25th, 2024

Download a 3D model of part of Tokyo in 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya, FBX and OBJ format, with 4K textures. For commercial use.

Sunday, June 16th, 2024

Epic Games' new Game Animation Sample includes a library of 'AAA-quality' motion-captured animations for use in your own projects.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

Free add-on lets users pose CC characters from Reallusion's Character Creator inside UE5 using the MetaHuman interface.

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

Veteran tool for retopologizing high-res sculpts and 3D scans for use in games and VFX is now available for free.

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

Get the free edition of the 3ds Max scene organizer described as 'Scene States on steroids'. Licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

Find out how to use SideFX's experimental Houdini toolset for creating large-scale natural environments for games and VFX.

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

New app makes the automated UV packing tech behind 3d-io's popular UV-Packer plugins available to users of any DCC software.

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024