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ProductionCrate's free After Effects plugin adds beautiful Interstellar-inspired black holes to your VFX and motion graphics projects.

Sunday, December 21st, 2025

Check out the changes to the planar and 3D tracking software, including a new AI-powered system for refining tricky edges on mattes.

Monday, December 15th, 2025

Check out the features in the latest beta build of Nuke, also including a new BigCat node for training larger custom AI models on VFX data.

Friday, December 12th, 2025

Latest update to the production renderer extends support for MaterialX Lama and checkpointing inside RenderMan XPU.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Check out the new features in the set of tools for motion graphics and VFX artists, including generation of depth maps from video.

Sunday, December 7th, 2025

Create a portfolio-worthy matte painting in Photoshop, Nuke and Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's new masterclass.

Saturday, December 6th, 2025

Free grading and video editing app now supports 32K workflows on M5 Macs. Check out the other new features for VFX artists and colorists.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

Free update to the 3D compositor improves 3D rendering of shadow, reflect and refract layers, and improves performance and stability.

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

Find great seasonal discounts on CG software, hardware and assets. Deals available to New Year include 3DCoat, Mari, Marvelous Designer.

Friday, November 28th, 2025

Check out the changes to the effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps, including this new analogue film burn effect.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from Geometry Nodes and Cycles to changes to color management.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

'Most significant release in a decade' for the heavyweight production renderer makes RenderMan XPU ready for final-frame output.

Friday, November 14th, 2025

Check out the 3D features in the latest releases of the compositing and motion graphics software, like support for Substance materials.

Friday, November 14th, 2025