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spline

Neat free add-on turns splines into complex organic forms suitable for motion graphics and VFX. Works with text splines too.

Monday, March 2nd, 2026

Take your character animation to the next level with Disney animator Alissar Kobeissi's masterclass for The Gnomon Workshop.

Saturday, January 31st, 2026

Open-source alternative to tools like Substance 3D Designer and Painter gets a long-awaited update. Check out the new features.

Tuesday, October 7th, 2025

Major update sees the hotly tipped 3D texture painting and material authoring tools leave early access. Still free for indie artists.

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025

Latest updates to the 3ds Max scattering plugin add new options to control the form of plants generated by 3D ivy generator ForestIvy.

Monday, February 3rd, 2025

3D modeling and animation software gets support for SVG files and a new Flow Retopology plugin for cloud-based workflow.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

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

Check out the new features in the promising add-on for streamlining the process of creating 3D animation for motion graphics.

Friday, June 17th, 2022

3D software gets updated UI, new Capsules and presets workflows, direct import of vector files, new options for stylising animations.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2021

Promising art-directable Cinema 4D terrain-generation plugin was just five months old when the X-Particles creators snapped it up.

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

Parametric modelling plugin gets big speed boost, plus new macros for generating walls and floors.

Friday, May 7th, 2021

Digital nature tools get USD export, support for native Arnold materials, revamped Cinema 4D integrations.

Thursday, February 11th, 2021

Powerful virtual reality design tool now free to individual artists, including OBJ, FBX, IGES export.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021