RetopoFlow 4.0 drops into Blender’s Edit Mode: faster, broader, cleaner, stronger, better. But mind the missing Patches tool before you retopo your next hero asset.

O3DE 25.10 builds quicker, installs smaller, and now speaks C++20. Not sexy, but your compile times will thank you.

The Accurate Film Simulation add-on for Blender revives analog aesthetics with real film-stock data and dye-particle simulation, because sometimes, digital perfection needs a bit of chemical chaos.

Blender wants your opinion again – the 2025 user survey is live. Take five minutes, tell the devs what really breaks your pipeline.

Wish your forest render actually had wildlife? Fauna Master Pro drops 150+ animals into Blender, complete with real-time brains and bad manners.

Over 200 painterly foliage assets for Blender: your next Ghibli-inspired forest awaits.

SideFX wants your “How To Houdini 21” tutorial: Share your workflow, win a licence, and maybe even some merch. Deadline early 2026.

Chaos Vantage 3 lands with USD, MaterialX, Realistic Skies and volumetrics. Finally, real-time meets open standards and a little bit of smoke and fog.

Unreal now scans itself: Atlux λ 2 exports Gaussian-ready data straight from your viewport.

ZEISS opens BETA for CinCraft Virtual Lens Technology, bringing the look of real glass to your VFX workflow. Apply now and help shape the future of optical realism in postproduction.

Unreal 5.7 Preview lands: PCG is production-ready, foliage goes Nanite, and MetaHumans get smarter. Still free, still Unreal.

How do 800 artists across 11 studios make a gothic kids’ comedy tick? The Stitch Head crew spills the pipeline secrets.

Blender 5.0 Beta hits! ACES 2.0, better nodes, new compositor, and stricter GPU rules. Still beta, don’t risk production just yet, but block your weekend!

Netflix merges Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios: meet “Eyeline,” the streamer’s new unified VFX and virtual production powerhouse.

Two tech jobs at HFF Munich’s VFX lab: half-time, full impact as Pipeline Technical Director or IT-Administrator. Apply now !

Creature artists, meet Anastomia: compare human + animal anatomy side by side. Free now, paid later.

Autumn for trees, chaos for TDs: SpeedTree Controller 3.0 hits Houdini 21 with fracture, USD and more.

William Faucher’s EasyToolbag cuts Unreal Engine 5 busywork down to one click because you’ve clicked enough already.

Free tool alert: UE Organizer finally lets you tag, browse and import your UE5 Vault chaos with AI doing some of the annoying filing and tagging.

Turn Blender into Photoshop? This free node setup adds glow, noise and chromatic aberration in one handy compositing layout.

Free FLIP fluid tool? Yes, Storm HydroFX is now in open beta with GPU support, USD/Alembic export, and a streamlined interface.

SketchUp 2026.0 goes collaborative: share links, comment in 3D, sync views in real time. Add AO colour, invert roughness, faster scenes, DWG/IFC gains, LayOut drafting and scan-to-mesh for Studio.

Material Maker 1.4 rebuilt on Godot 4 with smarter baking, 32-bit precision, flexible UI. Real upgrade, not just polish.

Still lost in grey layer soup? Miauu’s LayerColorizer gives 3ds Max users the gift of colour (and maybe sanity).

Blackmagic’s latest iOS update adds a new Open-Gate format 1920×1440 and tightens up ProRes RAW and LUT workflows.

Build your own ruined cathedral: 210 Nanite-ready Unreal assets free on Fab till 21 Oct 2025.

Traffic gets human: Chaos Anima 6.2 gives cars drivers, passengers, and working indicators and your GPU a lighter workload.

New in Project Manager 3.41: online licences, colour labels, archive import & translucency. Small update, big workflow relief.

Escape Motions Rebelle 8 introduces particle-based bristles, real-time light rendering, and true material depth. Digital painting finally feels physical.

Andrew Price teases node “presets” for Geonodes + Compositor in Blender 5.0. Pull Request 145645 might bring it to life.

Apple’s giving away immersive video know-how for Vision Pro. Who says nothing in tech is free?

FumeFX 7.1: five times faster warps, Alembic export, and fewer crashes. 3ds Max fire artists rejoice.

Unreal Engine meets motion design: 17 free lessons from RedefineFX before they vanish.

VIEW 2025: Program, Prices & Turin Tips VIEW 2025’s packed programme mixes Pixar, ILM and AI sessions in Turin, with ticket prices from €186.55 and yes, eat a tramezzino.

Grid Modeler 1.40 refines the essentials: new grid rotation, edge-defined planes, cleaner topology. Small upgrades, big efficiency gains for Blender pros.

Faceform releases Wrap 2025.9 and Wrap4D 2025.9. Hundreds of small fixes, one new node. Production stability or just patch notes?

Cascadeur Mobile hits Android: AI animation anywhere.

ver wanted to drop the U.S. Capitol into your 3D scene? KitBash3D just made that trivial.

Your screen is now a 3D window. No headset, no glasses. Just your head and a camera.

Wacom expands its lineup with the MovinkPad Pro 14: 14-inch OLED, Pro Pen 3, Android 15, GPS, and hybrid pen display mode for professional creatives.

Topaz pulls the plug on perpetual licences. From October, it’s Studio subs only. Artists, sharpen your wallets.

Black Magic Pocket Cameras 4K shoots ProRes RAW now. Looks good. But BRAW is still smaller, cleaner, and has more controls. Or does it? Let's test! (Including Files for Download)

EDIUS 11.40 brings faster bins, AI voiceovers, Mercalli 6, and a shiny new capture tool. Also: edit while you record. Yes.

Nanite in Twinmotion? Yes. 2025.2 also reshuffles rendering, animation, and storage. Real-time files just got heavier.

Animators: tired of messy Outliners in Maya? Pickify gives you hotkey-based selection sets.

Statues, limos, helicopters: Rise FX explains how Heads of State nearly blew up their pipeline without breaking it.

Axiom 4 for Houdini is here: improved collisions, streamlined sourcing, cleaner UI, and faster GPU smoke & fire sims.

ICE.Art is back in October. 3D environments, workflow insights, and Michael Shelton.

Maya mesh looking rough? Animatrix Polisher lets you sculpt, smear, and polish your way out for 20 USD.

RenderMan 27 gives XPU a promotion to production, RIS a retirement plan, and Stylized Looks a facelift.