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Free renderfarm management software will still be supported, but will only get critical fixes. Users advised to 'explore Deadline Cloud'.

Tuesday, October 28th, 2025

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Introduction to Fusion provides a complete beginner's guide to using Fusion for concept design.

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Check out the changes in the latest update to the GPU production renderer, including support for macOS Tahoe in Octane X.

Saturday, October 25th, 2025

Long-awaited update integrates the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools directly into Edit Mode. See the other changes.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

Latest release of the open-source game engine is mainly a bugfix update, but it lays the groundwork for changes to the Material Pipeline.

Monday, October 20th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

You can download popular Maya rig creator Truong CG Artist's handy anatomy reference software free while it's in early access.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

Big update to the UE5 product and portfolio rendering plugin also lets you generate virtual scan data for use in 3D Gaussian Splatting apps.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2025

Big update to the motion design software adds a planar tracker, chroma keying, and support for file referencing to create precomps.

Monday, October 13th, 2025

Read our FAQs on why Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher have been taken off sale ahead of an announcement on 30 October.

Sunday, October 12th, 2025

Check out the latest features in the architectural modeling software, including new collaboration options and updates to PBR materials.

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

Check out the new features in the streamlined crowd and traffic simulation tool for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D and Unreal Engine.

Thursday, October 9th, 2025

Stock asset creator RagTarock's Abandoned Cathedral pack of modular architectural elements is free on Fab for the next two weeks.

Wednesday, October 8th, 2025