Machina Infinitum's 3D fractal tools now work in Blender
New Blender Fractals pack generates lightweight, animatable 3D fractals for motion graphics, VFX or illustration work.
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
Cinema 4D
Cinema 4D to get iPad edition - and new generative AI features
Maxon to partner with Tencent to integrate the HY 3D generative 3D engine into the upcoming Cinema 4D for iPad. Read our FAQs.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2026.2
See the latest features in the terrain generation tool for games and VFX, including AgX tonemapping and new Pattern distributions.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Get AlgoMesh's free Cinema 4D plugin for Differential Line Growth
Neat free add-on turns splines into complex organic forms suitable for motion graphics and VFX. Works with text splines too.
Monday, March 2nd, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated production renderer for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya.
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Autodesk releases Arnold 7.4.5
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including new shaders for non-photorealistic and motion graphics-style effects.
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Try Scatter: a free physics-based scattering plugin for Blender
Intuitive free tool also lets you scatter objects on curves, surfaces or volumes, or place them by clicking in the viewport.
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
Get a free kitbash asset pack worth $50
Vampawn Entertainment's Medieval Modular Wall Pack is normally sold for $49.99. Blender, UE5, FBX, GLB and OBJ formats. Commercial use.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
Open Image Denoise 3 will support temporal denoising
Long-awaited update will let you denoise animation properly with the CPU/GPU denoiser, used in apps like Blender and V-Ray.
Friday, January 30th, 2026
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2026.1
Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, including better support for tablets and pen displays.
Wednesday, January 28th, 2026
Storm HydroFX 1.0 is a GPU-based standalone FLIP fluid simulator
Now production-ready: neat new tool creates VFX-quality fluid simulations for export to CG software in USD or Alembic format.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Download over 1,300 free PBR texture sets with LotPixel Hub
Get scan-based PBR texture sets at up to 8K resolution, and import them directly into Blender with the new LotPixel download manager.
Sunday, January 18th, 2026
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 9.3
Check out the latest features in the real-time lighting design tool, including energy-conserving light scaling, and support for OCIO 2.5.
Thursday, January 15th, 2026