Nekki releases Cascadeur 2025.2

Check out the new features in the AI-assisted animation software, including better AI inbetweening and 3Dconnexion support.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2025

JangaFX releases LiquiGen 1.0

The real-time liquid simulator is now officially production-ready. Check out the new options for simulating deliciously viscous fluids.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

JangaFX releases IlluGen 1.0

Interesting new tool for creating VFX for games generates both 2D and 3D assets for FX like magic and energy from a single node graph.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

JangaFX releases GeoGen 0.5

Latest beta build makes the real-time terrain- and planet-generation tool available for macOS, as well as Windows and Linux.

Tuesday, July 29th, 2025

Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access

Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX, used on SideFX's Project Elderwood demo.

Monday, July 28th, 2025

Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 2.0

Innovative Maya-compatible character animation software gets new Sequencer editor and automatic secondary dynamics.

Monday, July 28th, 2025

Download custom Houdini tools from SideFX's Project Elderwood

New tech demo on creating natural environments for games in Houdini and Unreal Engine includes tools to generate procedural cliffs and ruins.

Sunday, July 27th, 2025

Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.3

Check out the new features in the renderer, including an Inference imager for applying machine learning models to stylize output.

Saturday, July 26th, 2025

Autodesk releases Flame 2026.1

Check out the new features in the compositing, finishing and effects software, including better handling of OpenFX plugins.

Saturday, July 26th, 2025

Blender is coming to tablets, starting with the iPad Pro

See early mock-ups of how the open-source 3D software's interface is being reworked for new iOS - and later, Android - ports.

Friday, July 25th, 2025

Tutorial: Animating Stylized Attacks in Maya

Create a game combat sequence with NetherRealm Studios' Brad Faucheux's animation masterclass for The Gnomon Workshop.

Thursday, July 24th, 2025

Dimension 5 releases D5 Render 2.11

Wide-ranging update to the architectural renderer adds AI PBR material generation, plus new scene layout, camera and lighting tools.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

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