Autodesk releases Flame 2026
Check out the new features in the compositing and effects software, including OCIO support, a new Type tool and AI clip upscaling.
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
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Character Creator gets new free MetaTailor plugin
Add-on lets you send characters from Character Creator to MetaTailor with one-click, fit 3D clothing to them, then send them back to CC4.
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1.1
Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization software, including support for DLSS 4 and a new procedural 3D grass material.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Leopoly adds voxel sculpting to Shapelab 2025
Version 2025 v2.0 of the VR modeling app adds a new voxel engine for blocking out 3D forms. Check out the other new features.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
Check out new 3ds Max UV unwrapping plugin UVReactor
Updated: Features added in the 1.1 and 1.2 releases include Multi Object Mode, UDIM packing, and the new UVReactor modifier.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
Reallusion releases iClone 8.53 with timecode support
Check out the new motion-capture workflows enabled by the free update to the real-time animation tool and its paid Timecode plugin.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
ZibraVDB: the new standard in OpenVDB for virtual production
[Sponsored] With its new Houdini plugin and free edition, Zibra AI's volumetric compression technology is shaking up real-time VFX.
Monday, April 14th, 2025
Tutorial: Creating Photorealistic 3D Environments
Create portfolio-worthy 3D terrain in World Creator and Blender with the help of The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
F12 releases The Grove 2.2 for Blender and Houdini
Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Reallusion unveils Character Creator 5
Check out the new features, price and release date for the next major update to the 3D character creation software for games and VFX.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Get versions of the free Thinkbox tools that work with 3ds Max 2026
Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Free tool: get character animation from Cinema 4D to Unreal Engine
Big update to the Cineware for Unreal plugin makes it possible to transfer rigged and animated characters to Unreal Engine 5.5.
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Maxon releases Red Giant 2024.4 and Universe 2025.3
Updates to the effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps extend support for DaVinci Resolve, but end support for Vegas Pro.
Friday, April 4th, 2025