VeeDynamics 'turbocharges' elastic body simulation in Blender

Simulate thousands of rubbery objects in near-real time with Łukasz Czyż's plugin implementing Vertex Block Descent methods in Blender.

Tuesday, May 13th, 2025

Tutorial: Hard-Surface 3D/VR Mech Design

Discover how to sculpt a mech in virtual reality with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly Substance 3D Modeler tutorial.

Monday, May 12th, 2025

How PFX created a continuous 3.5-minute VFX shot for Locked

Key shot from the carjacking thriller was created using 3DEqualizer, Houdini and Nuke from 360-degree footage and Lidar scans.

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

Free tool: Mesh Cleaner 2 for Blender

VFX artist Rob Dickinson's handy add-on fixes artefacts in 3D scans and models in one click. Check out the new features in version 2.0.

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

Sébastien Deguy launches puppetry firm Sans Strings Studio

Substance 3D pioneer's new venture after leaving Adobe is a real-time digital puppeteering firm creating gaming and animation content.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

Get 110+ modular dungeon assets and props for Unreal Engine

Get games artist Howard Coates' Modular Dungeon Collection free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace. For commercial use.

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

Review: HP Z4 Rack G5 rackmount workstation

How does HP's rackable graphics workstation compare to a desktop system in real-world rendering and CG tests? Jason Lewis finds out.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

Get 260+ free 3D scanned assets for building a ruined interior in UE5

Create ruined and post-apocalyptic industrial environments with Epic Games' new Derelict Corridor Megascans Sample project.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

SPECviewperf 15 adds Blender and UE5 tests to the benchmark

New version of the veteran graphics benchmark for testing workstations reflects recent changes to CG software and industry pipelines.

Monday, May 5th, 2025

Download Figment's free UDIM Globe toolset

Free Photoshop scripts convert high-res planetary textures to UDIMs for use in VFX and animation, in apps like 3ds Max, Blender, Maya.

Sunday, May 4th, 2025

Free tool: Lens Cap 2 for Blender

Decoded's frustration-saving add-on adds new features to Blender's camera system, now including a new auto-focus system for renders.

Sunday, May 4th, 2025

Boris FX adds AI-powered masking to Sapphire 2025.5

Big update to the effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps adds AI matte generation and GPU acceleration on AMD hardware.

Friday, May 2nd, 2025

Nevercenter releases Silo 2025.1 and Milo 2025.0

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, and its Unreal Engine-based real-time renderer.

Friday, May 2nd, 2025