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Get the new version of the free Blender plugin for importing and editing Substance .sbsar materials, now available for Blender 4.0.

Thursday, February 29th, 2024

Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including a new system of SImulation Layers for distributing sediment.

Monday, November 20th, 2023

Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

New plugin makes it easier to refine head meshes from Character Creator in ZBrush, including sculpting custom expressions.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2023

New AI services will let artists generate materials, textures or HDRIs inside Maya's LookdevX.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

See what's new in this major compatibility-breaking update to the Substance plugin for Blender.

Tuesday, August 16th, 2022

But KeyShot for ZBrush has been scrapped, raising the overall cost of using the renderer with the sculpting app.

Tuesday, July 19th, 2022

Community-made plugin lets you render Blender animations, VFX and visualisations in Autodesk's Arnold renderer.

Friday, July 15th, 2022

GPU-based terrain generation app gets new Fast Render mode, plus bridge tools for Unity and UE4.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2022

Check out the new features in ftrack's cloud-based production tracking and shot review system for visual effects and animation work.

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022

Digital nature tools get new Omniverse connector, support for Redshift and RenderMan materials.

Friday, December 10th, 2021

Latest version of Maya adds new options for retargeting facial animation. Bifrost, USD, Substance and Arnold plugins all updated.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021