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Download free Mari Smart Materials created by leading VFX artists, plus general-purpose textures and HDRIs. For commercial use.

Friday, May 22nd, 2026

Check out the new features in the open-source digital painting app, including the Wide Color Gamut Color Selector and new text engine.

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

Blender version of the renderer also gets a new Node Wrangler and GPU rendering on AMD GPUs, including in the free Community Edition.

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026

New version of the terrain design software adds new macro system and 16K baking, but release dates for Gaea 2.4 and 3.0 pushed back.

Monday, June 15th, 2026

Major update to the 3D modeling and animation software adds new physics-based layout, rigging, VFX and camera tracking tools.

Monday, June 15th, 2026

Master professional simulation workflows using Houdini's Vellum solver with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed six-hour tutorial.

Saturday, June 13th, 2026

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

Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to hex tiling, and support for DoF in real-time renderer Redshift Live.

Wednesday, June 10th, 2026