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Now out of early access: next-gen video-to-PBR AI model lets artists relight video footage without manual 3D reconstruction.

Monday, July 21st, 2025

Promising AI-based virtual projection app extracts actors from video and relights them to match a new background. Try it free in beta.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.

Thursday, April 29th, 2021

Update adds contact shadows, new forward renderer aimed at VR work, built-in automated LOD generation.

Thursday, November 17th, 2016

Now out of bugfixing and available to purchase, to judge from the new 'Buy Now' button on the NewTek site.

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Master efficient workflows for creating professional visual effects with The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level Houdini tutorial.

Saturday, August 30th, 2025

New collaboration between Khronos Group and the Open Geospatial Consortium paves the way towards support for 3DGS data in glTF files.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.

Friday, August 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the animation software, including support for Character Creator 5, and new export presets for UE5.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025