Golaem releases crowd animation tool Golaem 9
Major update to the Maya crowds tool adds new workflows for creating shots without simulation, and a new UE5-style ML Deformer.
Thursday, June 6th, 2024
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Alexey Vanzhula releases Soft Boolean 2025 for Houdini
Check out the new features in the popular real-time Boolean modeling and soft beveling system for SideFX's procedural 3D software.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
Grading add-on Final LUT lets you load 3D LUTs in Blender
New add-on lets users import .cube files from apps like DaVinci Resolve for grading or look dev and preview the result in the Blender viewport.
Monday, May 20th, 2024
Get 3ds Max retopology plugin Wrapit for free
Veteran tool for retopologizing high-res sculpts and 3D scans for use in games and VFX is now available for free.
Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Get Pulze's free Scene Manager Lite for 3ds Max
Get the free edition of the 3ds Max scene organizer described as 'Scene States on steroids'. Licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Check out the new features in Vue 2024 and PlantFactory 2024
Final versions of the now-discontinued digital nature tools are available free for commercial use. Discover their features here.
Friday, May 10th, 2024
Download Vue, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog for free
E-on software's digital nature tools are now available as free perpetual licenses, but development has been discontinued. Read our FAQs here.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
F12 releases The Grove 2.1 for Blender and Houdini
Update to the tree-generation software ditches Leonardo da Vinci's 'Rule of Trees' to better simulate how trees really age.
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
The making-of for Watermelon Girl charts a five-year labor of love
Check out self-taught animator SouthernShotty's inspirational animation breakdown for his 13-minute, one-person Blender short.
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Blockade Labs launches Skybox AI Model 3
Big update to the browser-based generative AI tool makes it possible to create 8K 360° environments from text prompts or sketches
Friday, April 19th, 2024
Reallusion releases BuildingGen for iClone
New plugin generates procedural 3D buildings from modular parts, directly inside the real-time animation software.
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Boris FX releases Sapphire 2024.5
Check out the latest features in the set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
Maxon releases Red Giant 2024.2 with new 3D tool Geo
Suite of effects plugins gets new tool for importing, texturing and rendering 3D objects in After Effects, for motion graphics or VFX work.
Thursday, April 11th, 2024