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Compositing and editorial applications get new 3D 'Time Ops' features, and updates to BlinkScript, OpenAssetIO and the AI tools.

Friday, June 14th, 2024

See all the key features in the next major update to Houdini, from modeling, animation and simulation to the COPERNICUS framework.

Friday, June 14th, 2024

Epic Games' new Game Animation Sample includes a library of 'AAA-quality' motion-captured animations for use in your own projects.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

New add-on promises fast, efficient unwrapping and packing of even dense 3D models, following familiar 3ds Max workflows.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

Check out the new features in Polygonflow's UE5 world building toolset, including AI object tagging and the neat new vines tool,

Wednesday, June 12th, 2024

Updated: online marketplace's 10th birthday giveaway has now ended, but you can still see the add-ons it featured on the offer page.

Tuesday, June 11th, 2024

Roto and paint software gets new AI tools for generating animated mattes, retiming footage and extracting optical flow data.

Monday, June 10th, 2024

New version of the plugin for round-tripping assets between Character Creator and ZBrush now transfers surface color and detail.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

New mobile edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software is now available in public beta for iPad and iPhone users.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

Get a glimpse at some of the new features in development for the 3D texture painting software, from Substance 3D Painter 10.1 onwards.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

Discover how the VFX studio created over 560 miraculous effects shots for the Netflix chart-topping religous minseries.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

New After Effects template engine lets users of Maxon's Red Giant products create motion graphics by customizing readymade 'Capsules'.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024