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Discover real-world visual effects production workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini character FX masterclass.

Saturday, January 10th, 2026

But what is Maxon Digital Twin - and what kind of users is it aimed at? Updated: check out Maxon's FAQs about the controversial new tool.

Friday, January 9th, 2026

Popular free CG benchmark now supports Apple M4 and M5 processors, AMD 9000 series GPUs and NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs.

Monday, January 5th, 2026

Poser 14 is out

Update to the veteran figure-posing software streamlines materials and environment workflow, but removes the Cloth Room and macOS edition.

Monday, January 5th, 2026

Legal obstacles to open-sourcing the environment and plant-creation tools have been cleared - but email Bentley Systems to make it happen.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2025

Check out the new features in the varied updates to the topology transfer tools for creating 3D characters from scan data.

Friday, December 26th, 2025

Latest update to the image-editing and digital painting software adds the option to choose new third-party AI models for Generative Fill.

Thursday, December 18th, 2025

Check out the features due in next year's major update to the terrain design app, including USD support and new Blender and Maya plugins.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Create a portfolio-worthy matte painting in Photoshop, Nuke and Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's new masterclass.

Saturday, December 6th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features, from the power to create terrain shaders in the Shader Editor to a big step towards a unified renderer.

Friday, December 5th, 2025

Check out the changes to the digital sculpting software, including a new retopology brush, plus photogrammetry in the iPad edition.

Thursday, December 4th, 2025

Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including new Advanced Distributions for motion graphics.

Thursday, December 4th, 2025