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Material authoring and 3D painting app now lets you paint directly onto a mesh's UVs in a dedicated 2D viewport. See all the new features.

Monday, July 27th, 2026

Big update to the formerly Windows-only terrain software adds support for new platforms - and for VDM-based 'true 3D' terrain.

Saturday, July 25th, 2026

New open-source add-ons provide a long-overdue free way to import glTF files into 3ds Max, backed by the creator of the format.

Thursday, July 16th, 2026

Check out the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a new Dynamic Sky Material. Now also on Steam.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2026

Check out the new features in this powerful set of geometry optimization tools for games and VFX work. Free to indie artists.

Monday, July 13th, 2026

New tech compresses geometry caches from destruction, cloth and liquid sims by 'up to 92%' for real-time rendering in Unreal Engine.

Thursday, July 9th, 2026

New online tool lets you paint textures directly onto 3D models, or create new PBR materials by remixing a library of CC0 assets.

Friday, July 3rd, 2026

Unity artists get updates to the Shader and VFX Graphs, but OptiX denoising and the Built-In Render Pipeline are both deprecated.

Monday, June 22nd, 2026

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

Upcoming Dragontail Peak updates will also bring the veteran terrain-generation software to Linux and macOS as well as Windows.

Tuesday, May 12th, 2026

Linux-based VFX and games studios get new alternatives to the Substance 3D tools. Includes the Blender and Maya integrations.

Monday, May 4th, 2026

Popular alternative to ProBuilder for modeling, texturing and rigging 3D assets directly inside the Unity Editor is now available free.

Sunday, May 3rd, 2026

Check out the new features in the terrain-generation software for games and VFX, and its new free introductory edition.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026