Pixar's USD system: the new super-Alembic?

Universal Scene Description could help exchange entire production scenes between VFX pipeline tools.

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

Motion design tool Autograph is now free to studios

Both individual artists and studios can now use Maxon's USD-based motion design and VFX software on commercial projects for free.

Thursday, May 7th, 2026

Autodesk launches free online kitbashing tool Project Falcon

Browser-based tool lets you create models from readymade 3D parts and export them in USD format to apps like Blender and Maya.

Wednesday, May 6th, 2026

Maxon releases Red Giant 2026.4

Check out the new features in the plugins for motion design and VFX, including support for free motion graphics software Autograph.

Tuesday, April 21st, 2026

CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2026.0

New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.

Monday, April 20th, 2026

Maxon releases motion graphics software Autograph for free

USD-based, responsive-design-friendly motion graphics and VFX tool is publicly available again - and is free to individual artists.

Wednesday, April 15th, 2026

Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 21.0 in beta

Discover key features for VFX artists and colorists in this major update to the free color grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

Download 480+ free kitbash assets and materials with Cargo 3.0

Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.

Sunday, April 12th, 2026

Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX. Now available for commercial use.

Friday, April 10th, 2026

Nekki releases Cascadeur 2026.1

AI-assisted animation tool gets new Root Motion system to automatically generate animation between key poses, plus new UE5 live link.

Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Get neat lightweight 3D sculpting and painting app Tamga

Promising 'minimalist 3D sculpting' tool runs in a browser, on Windows, Mac and Linux, and as an iPad app. Free for personal use.

Monday, March 30th, 2026

Howler 2026.5 adds 3D landscape generator Fractal Garden

Digital painting and animation tool gets new accompanying web-based apps, including a complete low-poly 3D landscape generator.

Saturday, March 28th, 2026

KeyShot releases KeyShot Studio 2026.1

Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.

Friday, March 27th, 2026