Check out the Blender 3.x product roadmap
See the key changes planned for the open-source 3D software from Blender 3.0 to Blender 3.7 in 2023.
Thursday, October 28th, 2021
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Adobe ships After Effects 22.0
Compositing software gets long-awaited Multi-Frame Rendering system, new performance profiling tools, update to Cinema 4D Lite.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
SideFX releases Houdini 19
Check out the key tools in this big update to the procedural 3D app: from muscles, multiphysics and Pyro simulations to Karma XPU.
Wednesday, October 27th, 2021
Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max Update 2
3ds Max renderer gets new texture projection system V-Ray Decal and light instancing with VRayInstancer.
Tuesday, October 26th, 2021
Serif ships Affinity Photo 1.10.3 and Affinity Designer 1.10.3
Image-editing and vector design apps get 'stunning' speed boosts on Apple M1 Pro and Max chips.
Monday, October 25th, 2021
ArmorPaint 0.8 ships
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.1
Maya-friendly character animation software adds USD import, audio and video editing, new Picker Tool.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021
Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5 for 3ds Max and Maya
Updated: 3ds Max edition available. Check out the new features in the shattering and dynamics plugin.
Wednesday, October 20th, 2021
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0
Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.2
Next-gen motion graphics app gets new real-time 2D physics toolset. Free edition now exports at full HD, and no longer watermarks output.
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 7.3
3D texture painting app gets new Warp and Cylindrical projection modes, revamped colour picker.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
Autodesk ships Flame 2022.2
Compositing, finishing and effects software gets eight new advanced colour correction curve types and support for 12G SDI video output.
Sunday, October 17th, 2021
All Sketchfab subscriptions now include commercial use
Even free Basic subscriptions to the online 3D model display platform can now be used commercially.
Saturday, October 16th, 2021