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Paint Effects

Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Use Maya's core tools for $3/day with this new cut-down edition for freelancers and smaller studios.

Thursday, September 15th, 2022

Watch videos of the new modelling, scene assembly and Paint Effects options and the DirectX 11 viewport.

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

Mammoth new release features nine hours of training on Creating Plants in Maya/Mental Ray.

Friday, July 13th, 2012

Check out the popular GPU-accelerated UV packing and UV stacking tool, now available for Maya as well as Blender.

Friday, December 13th, 2024

Neat free Geometry Nodes setup lets you create 3D animation using 2D workflows in Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.

Friday, December 13th, 2024

Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.

Thursday, December 12th, 2024

SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.

Thursday, December 12th, 2024

Updated: Long-awaited new Blender integration for V-Ray based on the V-Ray 7 core is now available in free public beta.

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.

Tuesday, December 10th, 2024