Check out Blender's experimental anime rendering builds
New non-photorealistic rendering branch of the open-source 3D app is being developed with input from anime firm DillonGoo Studios.
Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
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Cell Fluids 2.0 for Blender is out
Popular lightweight Blender fluid simulation add-on now lets you art direct simulations with guide curves. Check out the other new features.
Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
Unigine 2.19.1 can now import and export USD files
Game engine now imports meshes, materials, lights and animation in USD format, including in the free Community edition.
Monday, December 16th, 2024
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2025
Tracking app's new AI-powered roto workflow lets users isolate objects with a single click, then propagate the matte through an entire shot.
Monday, December 16th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Stager 3.1 in beta
Scene layout and rendering app gets new generative AI features, including a new text-to-3D system for creating background models.
Saturday, December 14th, 2024
Nekki releases Cascadeur Mobile 1.2
New iPad and iPhone edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software can now import and export data in FBX format.
Saturday, December 14th, 2024
Łukasz Czyż releases UVPackmaster 3 for Maya
Check out the popular GPU-accelerated UV packing and UV stacking tool, now available for Maya as well as Blender.
Friday, December 13th, 2024
Blender add-on ClayPencil turns 2D animation into 3D 'claymation'
Neat free Geometry Nodes setup lets you create 3D animation using 2D workflows in Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.
Friday, December 13th, 2024
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for SketchUp
SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.
Thursday, December 12th, 2024
Foundry releases Katana 8.0
Check out the new features in the lighting and look development software, including support for USD export and USD roundtripping.
Tuesday, December 10th, 2024
Foundry releases Mari 7.1
Now available: 3D texture painting software gets new 2D painting mode for editing source images or creating custom decals.
Monday, December 9th, 2024
Autodesk open-sources USD for 3ds Max
Source code for the USD add-on for the 3D modeling and animation software is now available under an Apache 2.0 license.
Saturday, December 7th, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.2
GPU renderer gets new non-photorealistic rendering options and a USD Command Line Rendering tool for use on render farms.
Thursday, December 5th, 2024