Autodesk unveils new AI tools coming to Maya
3D animation software for VFX and games to get new 'agentic AI partner' Autodesk Assistant and AI lip-sync tool FaceAnimator.
Wednesday, September 17th, 2025
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Cascadeur to get dedicated Unreal Engine Live Link plugin
Funded by an Epic MegaGrant, the plugin will stream animation data from the AI-assisted animation app to the game engine in real time.
Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
Foundry releases Mari 7.5 in beta
3D texture painting software gets long-awaited Multi-Paint system for projection-painting multiple texture maps simultaneously.
Monday, September 15th, 2025
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 20.2
Free update to the 3D compositor adds multilayer support for the 3D renderer, extends the USD tools, and speeds up the Surface Tracker.
Friday, September 12th, 2025
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2026.0
Small update to the 3D animation and motion graphics software makes two 'general enhancements' but adds no new major features.
Friday, September 12th, 2025
Chaos releases Vantage 3.0 in beta
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
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
NVIDIA unveils two compact new RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs
See key specs, expected prices and likely performance in CG apps for the RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF and RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell cards.
Wednesday, August 13th, 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
JangaFX releases LiquiGen 1.0
The real-time liquid simulator is now officially production-ready. Check out the new options for simulating deliciously viscous fluids.
Tuesday, July 29th, 2025
Houdini plant-generation toolkit Natsura is now in early access
Check out the interesting high-performance vegetation modeling toolset for games and VFX, used on SideFX's Project Elderwood demo.
Monday, July 28th, 2025