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Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Studying at a school or college? Grab a free perpetual license of the desktop and VR sculpting software, normally priced at $69.99.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Sizeable update to the tracking app extends the new 3D tracking toolset, and adds Alembic export and direct export to After Effects.

Monday, July 29th, 2024

iOS and Android scanning app now generates character rigs for the 3D models it generates. There are updates to the free edition, too.

Monday, July 29th, 2024

Discover how to design plausible near-future vehicles in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.

Thursday, July 25th, 2024

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Online service recreates props and furniture for use in games and AR, and can be trialed for free. Now comes with a new iOS app.

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D and Maya renderer gets motion-graphics-friendly new Distance shader, plus updates to Redshift RT.

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

Real-time lighting design software can now 'paint' highlights and shadows directly into interactive renders from Blender.

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from new digital sculpting tools and GPU compositing to 'Eevee Next'.

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

Promising add-on for the open-source 3D app generates large animated background crowds from a library of scanned 3D characters.

Monday, July 15th, 2024

Discover how to port old scenes to use the long-awaited overhaul of the Eevee renderer ahead of its release in Blender 4.2 next week.

Friday, July 12th, 2024