Abstract releases InstaMAT 2025
Major update sees the hotly tipped 3D texture painting and material authoring tools leave early access. Still free for indie artists.
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025
Free Resources
Check out the new MetaTailor Unreal Engine Bridge plugin
Dress MetaHumans faster with the new plugin to help round-trip data between Unreal Engine and the 3D clothing fitting tool. Free in beta.
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 2025.7
Check out the new features in the digital painting and image-editing app, including a new expression engine for creating complex effects.
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
Reallusion announces new release date for Character Creator 5
Check out the new release date for the 3D character creation app for games and VFX, plus details of its ActorMixer character mixing system.
Monday, July 21st, 2025
Beeble launches SwitchLight 2.0
Now out of early access: next-gen video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction.
Monday, July 21st, 2025
Tutorial: Cityscape Set Design - Volume 1 and 2
Combine 2D and 3D workflows to create environments for games and movies with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial series.
Friday, July 18th, 2025
Lightmap adds new Lumi-Curve system to HDR Light Studio 9
Interesting new feature in the real-time lighting design tool lets artists use freeform curves as light sources to create artistic streaks and trails.
Friday, July 18th, 2025
QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.2
Major update to the next-gen terrain generator for games and VFX adds 10 new nodes, and updates over 20 more. Check out the new features.
Tuesday, July 15th, 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
Antoine Bagattini releases Baga River Generator v2 for Blender
Neat add-on creates detailed 3D rivers for animation or visualization work from 'just a plane and a curve'. Check out its new features.
Monday, July 14th, 2025
Unigine 2.20 adds support for 3D Gaussian Splatting
Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the real-time 3D engine. Available free for indie games and VFX projects.
Monday, July 14th, 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
Maxon discontinues Forger
Downloads of the iPad sculpting app to end on 10 September 2025, with users encouraged to switch to ZBrush for iPad.
Sunday, July 6th, 2025