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Updated with details of version 1.5: neat add-on lets you wire nodes together to create composites.

Tuesday, May 30th, 2023

Indie artists and small studios get new lower-cost edition of the next-gen motion design and VFX tool.

Monday, March 27th, 2023

Left Angle's unusual USD-based app is pitched as the world's first 'responsive design video software'.

Friday, January 20th, 2023

Hotly tipped open-source material authoring and 3D texture painting app gets its milestone 1.0 release. Check out all of its new features.

Sunday, July 24th, 2022

Promising open-source node-based material authoring tool gets new 3D texture painting toolset.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Promising art-directable Cinema 4D terrain-generation plugin was just five months old when the X-Particles creators snapped it up.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from landscape editing to 3D text.

Sunday, December 15th, 2019

Check out the powerful look dev, lighting and shot layout system due in Houdini 18 later this year, and the accompanying Karma renderer.

Thursday, August 1st, 2019

Next-gen material creation tool is now available to download for free during its beta. Will become a $99 perpetual licence on final release.

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Neat plugin adds a particle-based snow layer to 3D scenes, or lets users paint the snow in manually.

Sunday, January 6th, 2019