Autodesk open-sources Golaem for Houdini and Unreal Engine
Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.
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Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.
Photogrammetry software now generates 3D Gaussian Splats from source images or video, as well as point clouds and 3D meshes.
Check out the latest features in Houdini, from a complete new 3D Gaussian Splatting toolset to major updates to KineFX and Copernicus.
Adobe's Substance 3D Painter 12.1 adds OpenPBR support, Auto Rebake, and Skew Map Painting, part of a wider OpenPBR rollout across Substance 3D tools and assets.
See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including native MaterialX and Cryptomatte support in RenderMan XPU.
Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, including FumeFX 7.6 for 3ds Max, Character Control Rig 0.3.1 for Blender, and PFTrack 26.08.
Discover what's new in CG tools including LiquiGen, Unity, and free apps RealityScan Mobile, 3DGS Render for Blender, and Sisir.
Unusual update to the natural media painting app makes it possible to export the paint surface as a heightmap for use in 3D software.
Nekki's physics-assisted character tool now splits motion into additive layers, adds easing controls for interpolation, and opens itself to outside AI agents through a built-in MCP...
Sizeable update makes it possible to import, edit, relight and render 3DGS data inside the 3D software. Check out its other new features.
Varied update to the AI-assisted animation tool adds new animation layer system, easing controls for interpolation, and BVH import.
Latest version of the leading rendering system adds final-frame, real-time rendering in supported DCC viewports, Gaussian Splat relighting, expanded Chaos Arena tools for virtual p...
Houdini edition of the renderer gets support for relighting Gaussian splats, better volume rendering, tighter integration with Solaris.
See the week's other updates to CG tools, like V-Ray 7.4 for Cinema 4D, Storm HydroFX 1.5, and free motion graphics tool Autograph 2026.1.
Production renderer gets new BSDF nodes for toon shading and new Accelerated Viewport mode for Maya users. See all the changes.
Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, including updates to Postshot, Meshy, and Slapshot and Topaz Labs' AI-powered VFX tools.
Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new tools for creating street layouts, and a Python 3 API.
Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modelling and UV mapping tool, including improved FBX, GLB and USD import,
Check out the new features in the free alternative to Substance 3D Designer, including a new Dynamic Sky Material. Now also on Steam.
Extensive new feature release lays groundwork for expanded Maya and DCC integrations, AI-assisted scene construction and agent-driven directing.
Check out the new features in the digital painting and animation software, including a new physically based rendering environment.
See the the new features in the physically based GPU renderers, including a new cutaway render system and fSpy camera matching.
Check out the new features in the renderer, including a procedural Scratches shader and a high-altitude layer in the Clouds object.
Check out the changes to the 3D clothing design app, including new tools for painting wrinkles into fabric - and ripping it apart along seams.
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