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Major update to the real-time visualization app adds support for Nanite and the Unreal VCam virtual camera app. Free to indie artists.

Wednesday, October 1st, 2025

Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

Major update adds neat MoGraph options, object tracking, real-time knife tools, and Substance support.

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

Check out our list of CG tools that can - or soon will - harness the Snapdragon processors in Copilot+ PCs, from Affinity Photo to ZBrush.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

Long-awaited update integrates the popular suite of sketch-based retopology tools directly into Edit Mode. See the other changes.

Tuesday, October 21st, 2025

Latest release of the open-source game engine is mainly a bugfix update, but it lays the groundwork for changes to the Material Pipeline.

Monday, October 20th, 2025

Check out nxExplosiaFX, the new smoke and fire simulation tool in Insydium's GPU-based particle effects add-on for Cinema 4D.

Friday, October 17th, 2025

Check out the specs for the fifth-gen Apple Silicon processor, and how it performs in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

See our pick of the features in the next version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025