Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 4.0

Big update reworks the layout and rendering tool's lighting pipeline and adds USD support. See the key features and pricing changes here.

Friday, February 1st, 2019

Rig and animate 3D characters for free with AccuRig 2.0

Free tool generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new animation browsing and retargeting system.

Thursday, July 17th, 2025

Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 15.0

Big update to the material-authoring software adds new 3D renderer and the option to import entire USD scenes to edit materials in context.

Wednesday, July 16th, 2025

Blender 4.5 LTS is out: check out its 5 key features

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

KeyShot adds KeyShot Studio AI to KeyShot Studio 2025.2

New generative AI features in the renderer and visualization app run on your local machine, but may create copyright-infringing results.

Wednesday, July 9th, 2025

Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors

Updated: free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Check out its new Infinigen-Sim toolset.

Monday, June 30th, 2025

Esri releases CityEngine 2025.0

Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including the new Street Designer for creating complex road setups.

Friday, June 27th, 2025

Download Unreal Engine 2D animation plugin Odyssey for free

Get Praxinos's versatile 2D animation, storyboard and texture painting toolset for UE5 free from Fab, including for commercial use.

Sunday, June 15th, 2025

Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2025.5

Planar tracking tool gets new AI face recognition system for automatically obscuring identities in footage. Check out its other new features.

Friday, June 13th, 2025

Autodesk adds AI animation tool MotionMaker to Maya 2026.1

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation software, including AI animation and modular character rigging in Bifrost.

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

VeeDynamics 'turbocharges' elastic body simulation in Blender

Simulate thousands of rubbery objects in near-real time with Łukasz Czyż's plugin implementing Vertex Block Descent methods in Blender.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025

Open Brush 2.10 adds 'multiplayer' VR painting

Free VR sketching and concept art tool now lets you create designs collaboratively with other artists. Check out the other new features.

Thursday, May 1st, 2025

CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2025.0

Big update to the 3D clothing design tool adds a new fur material, new keyframe animation capabilities, and a modular garment library.

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025