Chaos has introduced a traffic simulation engine in its crowd simulation tool Anima 6. The update incorporates automated traffic behaviors designed to follow international driving rules, navigate intersections, and interact with pedestrian elements in a natural way. (more...)

KStudio has released a PBR materials generator add-on for its Project Manager and Materials Manager tools. The new paid add-on enables users to generate PBR materials in bulk from large texture libraries, with built-in support for V-Ray, Corona, Arnold, Redshift, Octane, and FStorm render engines. (more...)

Independent developer Josef "Spacefrog" Wienerroither has released updated builds of the full Thinkbox plugin suite for Autodesk 3ds Max for free. The package includes Krakatoa MX, Stoke MX, Frost MX (with V-Ray support), XMesh MX Loader, and XMesh MX Saver. These builds are compatible with 3ds Max versions from 2018 through 2026. (more...)

Autodesk has introduced a range of updates in 3ds Max 2026, including new materials, modifiers, performance improvements, animation tools, and rendering features. (more...)

Chaos has introduced Arena, its real-time ray-tracing solution for in-camera visual effects on virtual production stages. (more...)

SLAPSHOT has introduced an AI-powered visual effects toolkit designed to make common processes more accessible to creators. (more...)

GIMP has released version 3.0 of its open-source image editing software. This update marks the culmination of seven years of development, bringing new features and improvements to the application. The previous major version, GIMP 2.10, was released in 2018, with development on GIMP 3.0 beginning in 2020. (more...)

Plastic Software has released Plasticity 25.1. This update includes new commands, modeling improvements, UI refinements, and expanded transformation and selection tools. (more...)