Nekki releases Cascadeur 2026.2 with animation layers
Varied update to the AI-assisted animation tool adds new animation layer system, easing controls for interpolation, and BVH import.
Thursday, August 6th, 2026
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Armature is a free AI-assisted standalone character rigging tool
Games artist Adrian Melian's tool rigs and skins characters and exports USD files for use in Maya, UE5 or Blender. Free to indie artists.
Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Maya 2026.2 lets you train your own AI animation models
New 'Bring Your Own Data' feature lets studios train models for Maya's MotionMaker system using their own keyframe or mocap data.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Foundry releases new AI-powered SmartRoto add-on for Nuke
New AI-based plugin propagates roto splines across a shot, speeding up roto 'up to 4x'. See how it differs from AI matte-generation tools.
Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Reallusion releases Headshot 3.1
Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.
Tuesday, July 7th, 2026
AMD's FSR SDK 2.3 makes FSR 4.1 upscaling work on older GPUs
SDK for games and CG software developers now supports FSR 4.1 AI upscaling on RDNA 3 GPUs like the Radeon RX 7000 Series.
Monday, June 29th, 2026
Boris FX releases Optics 2026.5 with AI-powered facial masking
Standalone app and plugin for adding cinematic effects to still images also now works with non-Adobe software, including Affinity.
Friday, June 26th, 2026
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2026.5
Planar and 3D tracking software gets AI-based point tracking tech for tracking previously impossible shots. See the other new features.
Friday, June 12th, 2026
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 21.0
Now out of beta: discover key new features for VFX artists and colorists in the free color grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 21.0
Now out of beta: 3D compositing app gets new motion graphics tools and updates to deep compositing, USD and lens correction workflows.
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
Boris FX releases Silhouette 2026
Sizeable update to the roto and paint tool adds new AI-based head, object and point tracking systems. See all the new features.
Friday, May 29th, 2026
Autodesk releases Maya 2027.1
Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and animation app, like OpenTimelineIO support and updates to LookdevX and Bifrost.
Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Boris FX releases Continuum 2026.5
New features in the effects plugins include AI-powered video deinterlacing and updates to AI facial matte generation.
Friday, May 15th, 2026