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Promising new tool based exports liquid sims in Alembic format for use in other CG software. Now updated to support spray emission.

Monday, December 1st, 2025

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from Geometry Nodes and Cycles to changes to color management.

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025

Latest updates to Foundry's family of compositing apps overhauls the 3D system, and introduces MaterialX and ACES 2.0 support.

Tuesday, November 18th, 2025

See our pick of the features in the latest version of Unreal Engine, from the new procedural plant editor to updates to MetaHumans.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

3D software for architectural visualization and VFX gets updates to the Conform Modifier, Material Switcher and USD workflows.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from new character rigging features to destruction simulation in Bifrost.

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

New program for developing more ambitious, experimental features for Blender provides a safe space in which developers can 'break things'.

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.

Thursday, October 16th, 2025

Promising new tech compresses complex destruction, cloth and liquid simulation caches for real-time rendering inside Unreal Engine.

Thursday, October 2nd, 2025

Check out the changes to the kitbash asset library's browser app, plus the free 3D vehicles, models and materials available through it.

Sunday, September 21st, 2025

Check out the changes to the character animation and mocap-editing software, including updates to Relations constraints.

Friday, September 12th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D modeling app and its real-time renderer, including support for USD files and UDIM workflows.

Thursday, September 11th, 2025

Check out the changes in this sizeable update to the production renderer, including the new Redshift Sun & Sky and Clouds objects.

Thursday, September 11th, 2025