Motion design tool Autograph is now free to studios
Both individual artists and studios can now use Maxon's USD-based motion design and VFX software on commercial projects for free.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
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Maxon adds hex tiling for textures to Redshift 2026.6
Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including the new hex tiling system to minimize visible repeats in textures.
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.5
Check out the latest features in the production renderer, including support for Windows on ARM and hardware ray tracing on AMD GPUs.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
Canva makes motion graphics and animation app Cavalry free
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
Maxon releases motion graphics software Autograph for free
USD-based, responsive-design-friendly motion graphics and VFX tool is publicly available again - and is free to individual artists.
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
Maxon adds real-time renderer Redshift Live to Redshift 2026.4
New real-time engine replaces Redshift RT, and was developed in parallel with the new Vectorworks edition of the renderer.
Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Scene Group releases Cavalry 2.6
Check out the latest features in the motion design app just acquired by Canva, including a new Mesh solver for creating organic growth effects.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Canva acquires next-gen motion graphics tool Cavalry
Motion design app is the 'missing piece' of Canva's Affinity design software, now available free. Read our FAQs on what it means for users.
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Pikimov 5 is a free alternative to After Effects and CapCut
Promising browser-based app gets a new Classic editor for video editing, as well as editors for 2D and 3D motion design.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated production renderer for 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya.
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
Free Houdini add-on GGro creates crazily beautiful organic forms
Generate growth animations for forms from corals to crystals with motion designer Gio Gargiulo's neat Houdini toolset, now free in beta.
Friday, January 30th, 2026
Adobe releases After Effects 26.0 with native Substance support
Check out the new features for CG, VFX and motion graphics artists in the latest major update to Adobe's compositing software.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Download cool free After Effects plugin Crate's Black Hole
ProductionCrate's free After Effects plugin adds beautiful Interstellar-inspired black holes to your VFX and motion graphics projects.
Sunday, December 21st, 2025