3D texture painting app Wafer is now free in beta for Windows
Sparseal's promising new tool for non-photorealistic texturing is now available for Windows desktop and mobile systems, as well as iPads.
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
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Photoshop's Rotate Object lets you rotate 2D images in 3D
Intuitive new AI-powered feature in the Photoshop beta turns cutout 2D objects into 'rotatable 3D images' to speed up composites.
Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
NVIDIA unveils DLSS 5
'GPT moment for graphics' blends trad rendering with generative AI. Read our FAQs on what it means for games, and CG tools that use DLSS.
Tuesday, March 17th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2027.1 in alpha
First preview of the next major version of the GPU renderer adds a new neural rendering mode, AI Light 2.0 sampling and USD export.
Monday, March 16th, 2026
World Machine is finally coming to Linux and Mac
Updated: check out the upcoming changes in the veteran terrain generation app for games and VFX, also including changes to macros.
Wednesday, March 11th, 2026
NVIDIA launches DLSS 4.5
Updated: 6X Dynamic Multi Frame Generation due in beta this month in the AI tech used to boost frame rates in games and CG software.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Cinema 4D to get iPad edition - and new generative AI features
Maxon to partner with Tencent to integrate the HY 3D generative 3D engine into the upcoming Cinema 4D for iPad. Read our FAQs.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Adobe previews Substance 3D Designer 16.0
Material authoring software to get a new 3D SDF-based workflow for the Shape Splatter node. See the other features due in the next release.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
Open Image Denoise 3 will support temporal denoising
Long-awaited update will let you denoise animation properly with the CPU/GPU denoiser, used in apps like Blender and V-Ray.
Friday, January 30th, 2026
Free Houdini add-on GGro creates crazily beautiful organic forms
Generate growth animations for forms from corals to crystals with motion designer Gio Gargiulo's neat Houdini toolset, now free in beta.
Friday, January 30th, 2026
Try new Houdini GPU liquid solver Paradigm free in open beta
Check out the promising new GPU-accelerated sparse liquid solver from Theory Accelerated, creator of the popular Axiom fluid solver.
Wednesday, January 21st, 2026
Maxon announces more details of Digital Twin
New blog post provides more info on the AI-integrated tool for creating marketing visuals - but hasn't ended criticism on social media.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026
AMD unveils two new Strix Halo Ryzen AI Max+ processors
See the key specs for the high-end APUs, and what we know about their likely price and performance in CG apps like Blender and V-Ray.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2026