The Gnomon Workshop releases Introduction to ZBrush 2024
Get up to speed with the digital sculpting software with Madeleine Scott-Spencer's popular tutorial, now updated for ZBrush 2024.
View ArticleFree Nuke plugin pScatter ‘breaks up your perfect CG renders’
Handy add-on uses position data to add imperfections to renders from 3D applications like Blender, Houdini and Maya within Nuke.
View ArticleFree tool: 3DGS Render renders 3D Gaussian Splats inside Blender
Neat free add-on from the developer of Kiri Engine lets you manipulate and render 3DGS scans directly inside Blender.
View ArticleUnity previews its roadmap for Unity 6.1 and beyond
Updated: See the new tools due in the game engine in 2025, including updates to shading, rendering, animation and world building.
View ArticleiToo Software releases Forest Pack 9.0 for 3ds Max
Major update to the popular scattering plugin adds new ForestIvy add-on for generating 3D ivy and other climbing plants.
View ArticleCheck out Blender 4.3’s new SLIM UV unwrapping system
Try the 'state-of-the-art' new iterative UV unwrapping algorithm available in alpha builds of the open-source 3D software.
View ArticleFree tool: KitBash3D’s Cargo
Now available for Mac: get access to 150+ free 3D models and materials for 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya and UE5 with KitBash3D's asset browser
View ArticleNevercenter releases Silo 2024.3 and Milo 2024.0
Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modeling software, including modifiers for Boolean modeling, extrusion and replication.
View ArticleNIM Labs launches NIM 7.0
Studio management platform for VFX and visualization gets new scheduling, conflict detection and resource usage tracking features.
View ArticleAlexey Vanzhula releases Modeler 2025 for Houdini
Major update to the popular hard-surface modeling toolkit for Houdini reworks the interface, workflow, and adds new retopology tools.
View ArticleFoundry releases Mari 8.0 in open beta
Updated for Beta 2: 3D texture painting software gets new Tri-Planar Tiled and Hex Tile nodes, plus support for A/B comparisons.
View ArticleOtoy releases OctaneRender 2027.1 in alpha
Updated for Alpha 3: next major version of the GPU renderer can now bake SDFs to meshes, to use as proxy geometry in simulations.
View ArticleCheck out Vine FX’s VFX breakdown for Alice and Steve
Watch the studio's breakdown of a blazing building, with simulated fire, smoke and particles, from the finale of the Disney+ 'wrong-com'.
View ArticleAdobe acquires Topaz Labs
Adobe buys pioneering developer of AI image enhancement and upscaling tools. Read our FAQs on what the deal means for CG artists.
View ArticleSee Image Engine’s breakdown for Avatar: The Last Airbender S2
Check out the studio's VFX breakdown for the spectacular elemental duels from Season 2 of the fantasy action-adventure series.
View ArticleNew CG software you may have missed: 20 September 2026
Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, like animation library builder Animcraft, game engine Unigine, and OctaneRender.
View ArticleSee the speakers for the 2026 Digital Storytelling conference
20th anniversary edition of the cool, chic Oslo-based VFX festival features sessions on the making of Sinners and Project Hail Mary.
View ArticleFree tutorial: Painting a Battle-Worn Titan in Photoshop
Master professional concept art and illustration techniques with The Gnomon Workshop's free half-hour video tutorial.,
View ArticleSee Alchemy 24’s VFX breakdown for Michael Jackson biopic Michael
Check out the Montréal studio's making-of for its invisible effects for Antoine Fuqua's santized, but box office record-breaking, music biopic.
View ArticleCheck out free Maya animation productivity toolset KeyFlow
Games animator Sebastian Jaksan's handy free add-on also comes with KeyFlow Studio, a lightweight, standalone shot review tool.
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