Sneak peek: EmberGen 1.0
Check out the new features coming to the real-time fluid simulator's GPU particle system, including motion trails and 'force masking'.
Tuesday, July 12th, 2022
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Preview: Blender's new hair tools and viewport compositor
Check out the curve-based hair system due in Blender 3.3, and the upcoming real-time compositor.
Monday, July 11th, 2022
Free feather and hair nodes for Substance 3D Designer
Neat add-ons generate textures for use inside game engines like UE5, complete with flow and ID maps.
Monday, July 11th, 2022
AqMesher for 3ds Max gets new liquid solver
OpenVDB-based meshing plugin gets new GPU-accelerated, network-capable FLIP/PIC solver.
Friday, July 8th, 2022
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max
Latest update makes the renderer subscription-only, but licences work across 8 other host applications.
Thursday, July 7th, 2022
Get FluidNinja VFX Tools for Unreal Engine for free
Popular add-on for baking fluid simulations to flipbooks and flowmaps in UE4 and UE5 is free during July 2022.
Wednesday, July 6th, 2022
Kinetix releases Kinetix 1.5
Check out the new features in the browser-based tool for turning video footage into 3D animation. You can use it for free in beta.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2022
Red9 releases major update to Red9 ProPack for Maya
Suite of rig management and character animation tools brings AAA workflows to indie artists.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
Pilgway ships 3DCoat 2022 and 3DCoatTextura 2022
New 2022.35 update lets users sculpt and paint simultaneously with any of 3DCoat's voxel brushes.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya
Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.
Monday, July 4th, 2022
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S26.1
Subscriber-only release updates Cinema 4D's cloth simulation tools and node UI, and adds new HDRIs, textures and Redshift materials.
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Get 3DCoatPrint for free
New free edition of 3DCoat lets you create models for 3D printing. Has all of 3DCoat's sculpting tools, and is licensed for commercial use.
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
Maxon releases Redshift for AMD in public beta
Once Nvidia-only GPU renderer now supports AMD gaming and workstation GPUs on Windows as well as macOS.
Monday, June 27th, 2022