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Big update to the veteran terrain generation software adds support for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain, and overhauls the 3D viewport.

Monday, May 18th, 2026

Promising GPU-accelerated tool for organizing your visual reference material even lets you drag and drop videos directly from YouTube.

Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

Check out the major features now in development for the open-source 3D software and due for release in Blender 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and beyond.

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026

First formal USD spec marks a step towards making USD an ISO-ratified cross-industry standard. See what it means for CG software developers.

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025

Check out the features due in next year's major update to the terrain design app, including USD support and new Blender and Maya plugins.

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Community-created patch for CryEngine 5.7 adds the first publicly available new features to Crytek's AAA game engine for three years.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Check out Blender's work-in-progress layered animation system, including the roadmap, tech demos - and some very early UI mockups.

Friday, February 16th, 2024

New online compositing and video editing app was created as an alternative to After Effects, and supports greenscreen removal.

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

Industry body to guide OpenUSD development gets new members, and enters agreement to ensure interoperability with glTF.

Wednesday, December 13th, 2023

Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.

Monday, July 31st, 2023

Intial release schedule announced for the major overhaul of Blender's rigging and animation systems.

Tuesday, July 18th, 2023

Intriguing Blender-based tool can automatically generate 3D terrain, plants - and even rigged creatures.

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

Check out the changes planned for this major update to the open-source app's 2D animation toolset.

Wednesday, May 31st, 2023