10.04.2026

Reallusion Announces 2026 Vision: Redefining 3D Production through Hybrid AI

As the AI revolution redefines the creative landscape, Reallusion is proud to unveil its latest technology roadmap, positioning the company at the forefront of the next era of hybrid media creation.

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DOSCH DESIGN and KeyShot hit the road in May

Free KeyShot roadshow in Düsseldorf and Nürnberg: live demos, Q&A, and a quick reality check for your CAD to render workflow.

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EIZO ColorEdge CS3200X adds 31.5-inch 4K

A new 31.5-inch 4K ColorEdge lands with wide-gamut presets, HDR targets, and one-cable USB-C power for tidy desks and tidy color.

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SwitchX API for video transformations in YOUR pipeline

Beeble has launched the SwitchX API in public beta, exposing its browser-based image and video transformation workflow through REST. The API…

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Cascadeur 2026.1 adds Unreal Live Link, Filament rendering and AI root motion.

Cascadeur 2026.1 ships with a rebuilt Unreal Engine Live Link, full adoption of the Filament rendering engine and a new generative Root Motion…

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OpenPGL joins ASWF

OpenPGL lands under new open source stewardship, with a sandbox start and a clear goal: faster, cleaner path traced frames.

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Nature Generator update brings procedural nature to Blender

Cinematic Cookie updates Nature Generator with new scatter, wind, trees, and presets, plus the same procedural rocks to rivers workflow.

LUTs, Tags, or ICC: Getting Colours Right in Resolve on a Mac

For years, proper monitoring in DaVinci Resolve meant a Blackmagic I/O box and a calibrated display. On recent Macs, Resolve has become more predictable without dedicated hardware, but that does not make calibration optional. Here is where the…

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Sparseal Wafer opens Windows beta

Wafer jumps from iPad to Windows in a free open beta, aiming at stylized painting with layers, masks, and multi-channel strokes.

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Even a 2017 iMac will run several instruments with OmniScope.

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Nobe OmniScope is a Live Act now!

OmniScope LivePack turns your scopes rig into a live-friendly sidekick, with SDI out, Livegrade hookup, and recordings that behave. Really? We run it through its paces!

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Getting your bearings: Switching from Premiere Pro to DaVinci Resolve

When editing, I want to know how I can achieve something, and the tool I choose should not hinder my creative process. That's why people are often hesitant to switch software, and I was no exception when I switched from Premiere to Davinci Resolve.

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ProductionCrate Plug-in Suite with docked footage database

ProductionCrate bundles a huge asset library in its Suite, so you can grab a glow, a glitch, or an explosion fast, then pay for it yearly.

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Huion Kamvas Slate 11 Review: A Practical Android Tablet That Also Draws

A compact, competitively priced Android tablet that works as a daily driver for sketching and notes, with solid performance, a surprisingly good screen, and a pen that is good for everyday work but not in Wacom territory for pressure and tilt nuance.

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AutoCut brings AI cleanup inside Premiere Pro

AutoCut moves the boring cleanup into your timeline: silences, captions, takes, and more, with a trial and three pricing tiers.

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Open Light: Procedural HDR Lighting Without the Texture Archaeology

Open Light is a new tool that generates procedural HDR light textures. It builds softboxes, gobos, Kino Flo style sources and other modifiers as 32-bit EXR or HDR files, with support for ACEScg and resolutions up to 4K.

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Real Caustics for Blender

Real Caustics bakes water caustics into textures so your shots keep moving while your render times do not.

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ASCII Resolve: Free Resolve effect turns footage into configurable text art

ASCII Resolve is a free DaVinci Resolve effect that turns clips into configurable ASCII-style graphics. The free download is available on Gumroad.

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Today: ICE.ART 2026.I kicks off on April 7

ICE.ART 2026.I begins April 7 at 5:00 PM CEST. Physics sims, Q and A, prizes, then stages and splats across three nights.

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Media-Anywhere launches AirFrame.One

AirFrame.One serves frame-addressable media straight from cloud storage to a browser portal and Premiere, no file shuffling required.

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dy Install Libs adds Library Manager to Houdini

dy Install Libs ships Library Manager for Houdini, turning library installs into clicks instead of JSON wrangling.

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RealityScan 2.1.1 adds better COLMAP support and new XMP export options

RealityScan 2.1.1 is a maintenance release, but a practical one. Epic updates COLMAP exchange, adds new XMP with image list export options, cleans up mask export, and fixes a long list of editor, alignment, and CLI issues.

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Beeble Background Remover hits Cloud app

Background Remover unbundles fast AI masking into a standalone workflow with preview, refinement, and RGBA or alpha-only exports for comps.

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Switching to Davinci Resolve: Your first cut

Frame rate locked? Source Tape magic? Here’s where Resolve hides the real editing speed so you can cut first and hunt menus never.

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Procedural Clouds with Cycles focus

Procedural Clouds lands on Superhive with Blender 4.5 to 5.0 support, Cycles targeting, GPL licensing, and three pricing tiers.

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MetaHuman DNA add-on for RBF editor

Character DNA 0.6.2 brings an RBF pose editor for MetaHuman body correctives plus automatic DNA backups, and it targets newer Unreal and Blender builds.

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Hardcuts Launches Alpha Access for Fast Voxel-Based Hard-Surface Sculpting

Hardcuts is a new standalone hard-surface sculpting tool with a simple pitch: fast voxel booleans, less clutter, more shape-making. The alpha is available now, free to try, and might be a rather good way to spend a quiet Easter weekend.