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Check out the new features in Affinity 3.1, including Live Tone Blend Groups and a new Tone Brush for compositing and retouching images.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2026

Wide-ranging update adds one-click object masking, AI filters for concept art and matte painting, and new anti-image-theft features.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

Powerful sub-$100 image-editing app now imports Photoshop Smart Objects, most PS adjustment layers.

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Intuitive object and camera tracking tool for VFX and motion graphics is now available as a Houdini SOP, as well as a Blender and Nuke add-on.

Thursday, April 30th, 2026

New Blender Lab-developed add-on also now connects Anthropic's Claude AI models to the open-source 3D software. Read our FAQs.

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026

Update to the image-editing app adds the much-anticipated AI-based Rotate Tool, and a neat new reflection removal feature.

Tuesday, April 28th, 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

Check out the new features in the AI-powered Character Creator plugin for generating 3D digital doubles from reference photos.

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026

[Sponsored] Discover volumetric infrastructure firm Gracia's pipeline for streaming 4D Gaussian Splatting content directly in a web browser.

Monday, April 27th, 2026