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Maya

Full Pro version of the 2D animation and motion design tool for Windows and macOS is now free to individual artists for commercial use.

Friday, April 17th, 2026

Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.

Sunday, April 12th, 2026

Autodesk buys core tech and IP of the AI mocap pioneer. The Radical website will shut down on 6 July, so download your data before then.

Thursday, April 9th, 2026

Smoke, fire and liquid simulator for 3ds Max and Maya is now end-of-support, and will receive no further compatibility updates or fixes.

Wednesday, April 8th, 2026

'Most feature-rich' update to the open-source rigging framework adds tools for automating Set Driven Key setup and blendshape transfer.

Tuesday, April 7th, 2026

Lighting artist Borja Rama's amazing tool builds professional-quality gobos for visual effects, motion graphics and general CG work.

Monday, April 6th, 2026

AI-powered browser-based tool generates idles and movement cycles from text prompts. You can export five per month in FBX format.

Friday, April 3rd, 2026

Promising 'minimalist 3D sculpting' tool runs in a browser, on Windows, Mac and Linux, and as an iPad app. Free for personal use.

Monday, March 30th, 2026

Rendering and visualization software gets support for OpenPBR materials in USD files, and updates to the rendering and animation toolsets.

Friday, March 27th, 2026

New CUDA-based GPU solver makes smoke and fire simulation in the Maya fluid dynamics plugin '2-5x' faster than on the CPU.

Thursday, March 26th, 2026

New version of the production renderer includes 40 free hours per month on the tech preview of cloud rendering service Flow Render.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Read our rundown of the changes to the 3D modeling and animation app, from new AI features to Skin Tools and surface tension in Bifrost.

Wednesday, March 25th, 2026

Neat script collects the key controls for modeling to reference images into an intuitive UI, preserving your creative flow. Version 2.1 is free.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2026