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Updated: Sparseal's promising texture painting app is now available for Apple Silicon Macs, as well as Windows machines and iPads.

Sunday, May 17th, 2026

Discover how to create a AAA-quality games effect in UE5 and EmberGen with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced tutorial.

Saturday, May 16th, 2026

Industrial Light & Magic lighting TD Jonathan Wai reveals how to build Katana macros that hold up in real-world movie and TV productions.

Friday, May 15th, 2026

Beta 3 out now: 3D compositing app gets new motion graphics tools and updates to deep compositing, USD and lens correction workflows.

Thursday, May 14th, 2026

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

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026

Visualize, review and convert animation and simulation caches with Jasper Brekelmans' new tool, currently free in public beta.

Monday, May 11th, 2026

Discover a ground-breaking workflow for creating claymation-style animation digitally with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Saturday, May 9th, 2026

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

Friday, May 8th, 2026

Updated: Insydium's popular particle and fluid simulation tool is coming to Blender. Check out its features and likely price and release date.

Tuesday, May 5th, 2026

Linux-based VFX and games studios get new alternatives to the Substance 3D tools. Includes the Blender and Maya integrations.

Monday, May 4th, 2026

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

Update to the image-editing app adds the much-anticipated AI-based Rotate Tool, and a neat new reflection removal feature.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026