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Modelling and rendering app gets new Curve Booleans system, plus updates to scene testing, the mPath renderer, and USD support.

Friday, July 23rd, 2021

Unreal Engine dev acquires the leading 3D model portfolio service and library of AR-ready content. Fees cut on the Sketchfab store.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2021

Digital painting app gets Photoshop-style Adjustment layers, improved layer masking, plus image alignment guides and grids.

Wednesday, July 21st, 2021

Sizeable update to the CG studio management platform reworks artists' timecards, and introduces a new rules-based payroll system.

Saturday, July 17th, 2021

Free plugin linking Replica Studios' AI voice system to iClone turns text into voice-acted facial animation.

Thursday, July 15th, 2021

In beta: optical mocap software's new 'Quantum Solver' can track 10 actors simultaneously. See all of its new features and new pricing.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

New sub-€100 3D texturing app can be used to paint or bake 16k PBR texture maps for use in other DCC software or game engines.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

Long-awaited major update to the sculpting and painting app ships. Check out the new features, and changes to pricing and plugins.

Tuesday, July 13th, 2021

Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets new toon shading mode and deformation motion blur.

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Versatile modelling toolkit gets neat new tools for retopologising high-res ZBrush character sculpts.

Monday, July 12th, 2021

Big free update to the real-time rendering and look dev tool adds neat texturing and lighting features, RTX-accelerated render denoising.

Thursday, July 8th, 2021

Successor to Lumberyard is an unusual open-source 'AAA-capable' modular game engine that includes Amazon's new Atom renderer.

Wednesday, July 7th, 2021

Neat JavaScript-powered concept sketching web app was inspired by Blender's Grease Pencil toolset.

Friday, July 2nd, 2021