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Neat tool for creating realistic rock surfaces comes as a Substance Designer scene or .sbsar file to use in other DCC apps.

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

Neat add-on generates textured digital terrains, complete with water and instanced rocks and trees.

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017

Updated: Stefaan Sorensen's new plugin puts Mudbox-style tools right inside Maya. Now available on Linux.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.

Friday, October 17th, 2025

Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

See our pick of the features in the next version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

You can download popular Maya rig creator Truong CG Artist's handy anatomy reference software free while it's in early access.

Wednesday, October 15th, 2025

Big update to the UE5 product and portfolio rendering plugin also lets you generate virtual scan data for use in 3D Gaussian Splatting apps.

Tuesday, October 14th, 2025