Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
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Treezy generates animated trees inside Blender
Lightweight $20 add-on generates customisable wind-animated trees inside the open-source 3D app.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
Infinigen: a free generator for procedural 3D environments
Intriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.
Thursday, July 13th, 2023
Godot 4.1 ships
Check out the new features for CG artists in the open-source game engine, including improved particle turbulence and volumetric fog.
Friday, July 7th, 2023
Insydium ships Fused 2023.3
Major update to the Cinema 4D plugins includes new versions of X-Particles, NeXus, plant generator Taiao and terrain tool TerraformFX.
Wednesday, July 5th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.6
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from Simulation Nodes and GPU ray tracing to neat hidden bonuses.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
Continuum 2023.5 ships
Check up the new features in the popular suite of effects plugins, including a sizeable update to particle generator Particle Illusion.
Tuesday, June 13th, 2023
See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Blender's simulation nodes are coming in Blender 3.6
Long-awaited node-based simulation system reaches the daily builds of the open-source 3D app.
Friday, May 5th, 2023
Boris FX releases free edition of Particle Illusion 2023
Free standalone edition of the GPU accelerated particle generator gets new 3D and fluid dynamics options.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
Maxon releases Spring 2023 Red Giant updates
Check out the new tools in Maxon's Magic Bullet, Trapcode, Universe and VFX suites of effects plugins.
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Polyqoniq releases botaniq 6.7 for Blender
Popular library of 3D plants gets built-in loopable wind animation. Download 31 of the plants for free.
Tuesday, February 14th, 2023
Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow 1.012 for 3ds Max
Major update adds complete new terrain-generation system to the Max particle and physics add-on.
Wednesday, February 8th, 2023