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Discover key features for VFX artists and colorists in this major update to the free color grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026

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

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025

See the neat new AI-based masking workflows in the roto and paint app, including a new Face ML node for automatic facial segmentation.

Friday, September 26th, 2025

Check out the changes to the free video editing and grading software, including new workflows for creating XR content for the Apple Vision Pro.

Monday, August 11th, 2025

Discover key features for VFX artists and colorists in this major update to the free grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.

Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in the sub-$100 image editing app, including support for Cryptomatte data when retouching 3D renders.

Friday, January 24th, 2025

Major update to the renderer adds new object scattering, decal and cutaway systems, plus new pricing.

Wednesday, April 13th, 2022

Free Photoshop plugin for editing multi-layer EXR files gets support for Smart Objects and file linking.

Friday, March 4th, 2022

Including support for hair rendering in Redshift RT, plus ArtEngine, HitFilm and ftrack Studio updates.

Monday, January 3rd, 2022

SketchUp renderer gets new scattering and decal systems, big update to real-time render mode V-Ray Vision.

Friday, November 5th, 2021

See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021

Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

3D modelling and rendering app gets intuitive new Rig Clay system for posing characters, plus support for Cryptomatte and USD export.

Friday, November 13th, 2020