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Image-editing and retouching app is now available on iPhone as well as iPad, with an Android version coming soon. Read our FAQs here.

Thursday, February 27th, 2025

Open-source app for creating 3D sketches and concept designs in virtual reality gets improved export to Blender and other 3D software.

Saturday, August 17th, 2024

Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, and the current state of the Octane 2023 product roadmap.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Inkscape 1.3 ships

Open-source vector design tool gets new Shape Builder for creating complex forms, '2-4x' speed boosts on multi-core CPUs.

Tuesday, July 25th, 2023

Check out the new features in the digital painting and image editing app, including non-destructive painting in text and shape layers.

Wednesday, June 21st, 2023

Digital sculpting app gets neat new Proxy Pose and Drop 3D systems, but the new features are currently only available via subscriptions.

Thursday, March 30th, 2023

Wide-ranging update to the natural media painting software adds new AI-boosted Liquify and Warp tools.

Friday, December 16th, 2022

Much-anticipated VR sculpting tool provides a new way to rough out characters or hard-surface props.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

New free beta of the VR sculpting software adds stroke stabilisation and long-awaited stamp system.

Friday, September 30th, 2022

Get free cutout people for use in CG and architectural visualization. PSD format, for commercial use.

Sunday, September 25th, 2022

Inkscape 1.2 ships

Open-source vector design tool gets batch image export, support for multi-page documents, plus a lot of workflow improvements.

Tuesday, May 17th, 2022

Major compatibility-breaking update to the remote shot review tool adds layers system and support for OCIO 2 and OTIO.

Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

Get the base edition of Maxon's iPad sculpting app for free. Update: now available in 10 languages.

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022