Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 7.0 for 3ds Max
Smoke, fire and effects plugin gets GPU-accelerated ocean simulation system, with support for foam, spray and floating objects.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2025
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Sneak peek: Axiom 4 for Houdini
Check out the changes due in the next major update to the popular GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver for games and VFX.
Monday, August 18th, 2025
Marmoset releases Toolbag 5.02
Check out the new features in the real-time rendering and look dev tool, from dedicated decal layers to low-to-low-poly texture baking.
Sunday, August 17th, 2025
UVPackmaster 3.4 for Blender adds one-click UV repacking
Check out the latest features in the popular UV packing plugin, including one-click Auto Repacking, and support for texel density.
Thursday, August 14th, 2025
KeenTools releases KeenTools 2025.2 for Blender and Nuke
Minor update to the intuitive tracking and head reconstruction plugins adds support for Blender 4.5 and Nuke 16.0. See all of the changes.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2025
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 20.1
Check out the changes to the free video editing and grading software, including new workflows for creating XR content for the Apple Vision Pro.
Monday, August 11th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 5.1
Check out the changes to the 3D scanning app, including new Auto Tiling and Fold Removal filters, and the option to flatten material layers.
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Polygoniq releases botaniq 7.1 for Blender
Popular library of 3D plants gets over 200 new assets from around the world, plus the option to filter plant species by location.
Saturday, August 9th, 2025
Chaos adds new AI tools to V-Ray in V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max, Update 2
Check out the new AI Material Generator and image enhancer in this major update to Chaos's production renderer.
Thursday, August 7th, 2025
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026.2
Check out the changes to the 3D modeling and animation software, including the option to send objects from a Max scene to a USD stage.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Autodesk releases Maya 2026.2 and Maya Creative 2026.2
Check out the changes to the 3D animation app, including updates to LookdevX and new generative animation system MotionMaker.
Wednesday, August 6th, 2025
Sneak peek: Houdini 21
Read our list of 300+ new features due in the next version of Houdini - from Neural Point Surface for liquids to the Otis organic tissue solver.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2025
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 8 in early access
Big update to the natural media painting software adds new Bristle Brushes, environment lighting for thick paint, and better PSD support.
Monday, August 4th, 2025