Get the free MetaHuman Animator Markerless Motion Capture plugin
Epic Games' free mocap plugin extracts full-body and finger motion from phone or camera footage to transfer to MetaHuman characters.
Thursday, June 18th, 2026
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Adobe releases Photoshop 27.8
Image editing software now supports OCIO 2.5 - and lets you use custom AI models trained on your own images with Generate Image.
Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Adobe releases After Effects 26.3
New features in the compositing and motion graphics app include DoF in the Advanced 3D renderer and a new Curl Noise effect.
Thursday, June 18th, 2026
Unreal Engine 5.8 is here: discover its 5 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.
Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Download a free 3D castle model in FBX format
Get Dmitriy Dryzhak's White Castle model as a modular Unity or UE5 asset package, or in FBX format for use in any CG software.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
V-Ray for Blender Update 3 now runs on Linux
Blender version of the renderer also gets a new Node Wrangler and GPU rendering on AMD GPUs, including in the free Community Edition.
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.3
New version of the terrain design software adds new macro system and 16K baking, but release dates for Gaea 2.4 and 3.0 pushed back.
Monday, June 15th, 2026
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2026
Major update to the 3D modeling and animation software adds new physics-based layout, rigging, VFX and camera tracking tools.
Monday, June 15th, 2026
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2026.5
Planar and 3D tracking software gets AI-based point tracking tech for tracking previously impossible shots. See the other new features.
Friday, June 12th, 2026
Open 3D Foundation releases O3DE 2026.5
Open-source game engine gets new native particle system, updates to tonemapping and the physical sky, and automatic LOD generation.
Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Maxon releases Redshift 2026.7
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to hex tiling, and support for DoF in real-time renderer Redshift Live.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2026.3
3D animation and motion graphics software gets a new, completely redesigned UV Editor and UV tools. Check out all of the changes here.
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
3DGS Render 5.0 lets you animate Gaussian Splats inside Blender
Kiri Innovations' free add-on now lets you transfer animation from proxy meshes - including rigged 3D characters - to 3DGS scans.
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026