Lighting defines the quality of any 3D scene. Without deliberate placement, even the most detailed models appear flat and lifeless. To help you bridge the gap between amateur renders and professional results, we are excited to release a new, comprehensive training guide created by Roland, a Senior VFX Artist. With over 15 years of experience on major films like Star Wars and Avengers, Roland has packed this guide with elite industry knowledge. It covers everything from CG and product setups to portrait and cinematic lighting, providing best practices that every digital artist can use immediately.

This guide moves beyond simple software tutorials to teach the foundational, physically-based principles of light. You will learn the anatomy of light, technical scene control through color temperature and exposure, and how different materials respond to specific highlights. Whether you work in Blender, Cinema 4D, or Unreal Engine, these workflows apply across the board. The contents include practical checklists for interior and exterior setups to ensure your scenes look polished before you ever hit render. Roland’s core philosophy is simple: every light must have a job. Download the guide today and start building more impactful environments.

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AX73 Collection Lucid Mechanics from Martinic, Limited Time Offer

Daniel Stawczyk’s AX73 Lucid Mechanics Collection from Martinic is absolutely FREE during Bandcamp Friday for the rest of May. Stawczyk is the artist behind the best-selling Diaphanous Collection, the Orange Lo-fi Collection, and the Status Collection, so the quality is already proven. Lucid Mechanics brings a fresh mix of crisp textures, futuristic tones, and expressive synth character directly to the AX73. Use this opportunity to expand your sound palette, discover inspiring new presets, and help independent music thrive.

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BOOM Library European Spring – Monthly Free Sound Effects

Every month, BOOM Library gives away a small portion of its packages to newsletter subscribers. To get the free sound effects, and get free sound effects each month, sign up at BOOM Library.

We’re giving you SEASONS OF EARTH – EUROPEAN SPRING — a fresh collection of natural sounds that capture the atmosphere, texture, and life of spring across Europe.

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Freebie: MNTRA FLTRS-LE

MNTRA FLTRS is the Ultimate Synth Filter Toolbox. With FLTRS-LE you can try one of the 37 analog circuits for free!

FLTRS-LE is designed to allow users to get a taste for FLTRS without the cost.

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BABY Audio Freebies

Get fully functional BABY Audio plugins based on their premium products.

• Warp x Andrew Huang – speed up or slow down audio for creative effects.
• Magic Switch – a free chorus plugin inspired by the classic Juno chorus
• Magic Dice gives you new delay, reverb and modulation textures at the click of a button.
• Beat Slammer gives you an aggressive and pumping compression sound to slam and energize weak tracks.
• Pitch Drift introduces organic pitch fluctuations

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About Arturia

From analog synthesizers to cutting-edge software, discover a diverse plethora of tools designed to empower and enhance your creativity.

We created these products to offer solutions, pathways, and sources of inspiration for creators; to excel as individual instruments, to complement each other in perfect harmony, and to integrate seamlessly into your creative journey.

Music production made easy

Arturia’s heritage over the last twenty years has been to provide the best vintage sound combined with modern production capabilities.

We’ve worked to design instruments and effects which both inspire and simplify creativity. We’ve patented new technologies and partnered with world-class sound designers to create a library of thousands of sounds for music makers to explore and employ.

Now our expansive product range spans everything from playful MIDI controllers, to semi-modular monster synthesizers, to all-encompassing studio interfaces.

An all-encompassing line-up committed to enabling musicians, producers, composers, and creators of all persuasions to make the best music they can make, with the professional quality they deserve.

Now we’re more driven than ever in our pursuit of the ultimate music-making experience.

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Updated June 11, 2026

New Demos at Toolfarm

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Ali Jaber Markers Command Center Update

Command Your Markers, Control Your Edit

Markers Command Center is the high-density, professional replacement for Premiere Pro’s native Markers Panel, delivering the essential batch-processing and organization utilities Adobe left out. It is a powerful Adobe Premiere Pro extension that closes the gap left by the built-in markers panel. Transform tedious marker management into an efficient, streamlined workflow.

What’s new in v1.5

• Added Dual Marker Modes (Sequence and Clip) with a dedicated keyboard shortcut (Shift + X) to easily toggle contexts.
• Introduced an integrated AI Assistant powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash for advanced natural language logging and automation.
• Added full support for both Left-to-Right (LTR) and Right-to-Left (RTL) input languages within the AI prompt bar.
• Added an advanced, AI-only workflow for batch-converting marker types using natural language commands.
• Enabled automated batch subclip generation inside project bins from range-based clip markers via the AI Assistant.
• Enabled frame-accurate relative marker shifting (forward or backward) using simple text commands.
• Introduced a built-in spreadsheet and review notes parser to import markers directly from pasted CSV, SRT, or TXT data.-
• Added a Timeline Cuts (Add Edit) razor tool to instantly slice timeline clips at selected marker positions.
• Introduced Batch Frame Export to render and save active timeline frames for selected markers with customizable naming rules.
• Added Solo Color Filters, allowing users to isolate a specific marker color instantly by holding Ctrl while clicking a color chip.
• Added a persistent Marker Number Column to display sequential indexing of all loaded markers in the list.
• Implemented automatic layout and settings persistence to remember column widths, order, visibility, and dialog inputs on exit.

Compatibility: Premiere Pro 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

Learn more  Try Markers Command Center for free!

Audiomodern Playbeat Updated

Revolutionary AI-Powered Drum Designer

Redefine the Drum Game with Playbeat! Playbeat is a groove creation plugin designed to enhance the creative process of crafting your own unique grooves. Playbeat 4 uses randomization algorithms and A.I. to deliver better and more interesting results compared to previous versions.

Playbeat comes with a built-in factory library of patterns, sounds and 1500 kits, fueling its powerful AI algorithms to generate dynamic drum tracks.

What’s new in Playbeat 4.2?

• Added new FX Section
• Maintain highlight state for the currently selected remix key.
• Reset MIDI output lock on standalone restart.
• Improvements to the IAP tab on iOS.
• Fixed a crash caused by deselecting favorite/smart presets
• Added library transfer support on iOS.
• Improved external storage support on iOS.
• Improved sample browser behavior: missing directories remain visible but disabled.
• Added support for removing and clearing exported loops.
• Dragging a folder to a sample lane now loads a random sample from that folder.
• Added a Library Reset action in settings.
• General improvements to sample/preset

Learn more  Try Playbeat for free!

Boris FX Silhouette 2026 New/Updated

Visual Effects & Compositing

Silhouette, the industry’s leading rotoscoping and paint tool, has major compositing features. Silhouette delivers 400+ VFX nodes, including Boris FX Sapphire, Mocha Pro, and Particle Illusion.

Top artists have relied on Silhouette for Hollywood’s biggest titles for over fifteen years. The Academy and Emmy Award-winning toolkit created by visual effect artists recently made its mark on Deadpool & Wolverine, Rebel Moon, Barbie, Dune, and 3 Body Problem.

What’s new in Silhouette 2026?

• Better AI-Assisted Matting – Auto-magic results with updates to Face ML, Depth Map ML, Mask ML, Matte Assist ML, and Matte Refine ML.
• New AI-Powered Tracking – Automate 3D meshes with Head Track ML, multiple tracks with Object Tracker, and even get Point Track ML.
• Do More in 3D – Enhanced camera solves with the Refine Solve workflow, Unwrap/Rewrap nodes, and a Render Depth node.
• Polished Cleanups & Beauty Work – Quicker paint with the new Healing Brush, enhanced cloning (Clone, Drag, and Blur), and intuitive brush controls.
• Stronger VFX Pipeline Integration – Cryptomatte data multi-object output support on ML tools and more.
• Faster Playback – Predictive pre-fetching and batched rendering provide smoother playback, even on heavy ML jobs.
• Streamlined Daily Workflows – Advanced node search, heads-up display, Favorites node, revised naming system, and Safe Mode.
• New Automation & AI Integration – External control via new built-in RPC server, Python package manager, and directly controllable by AI assistants using MCP.

Learn more  Try Silhouette for free!

Chaos Corona 15 New/Updated

Get unmatched photorealism with Chaos Corona.

Be an artist, not a technician, and achieve photorealism with ease with Chaos Corona.

Corona is the only render engine built from the ground up with a specific focus on the needs of the archviz community. While capable and well-liked in the fields of automotive and product visualization, its UI, feature set, pricing, and ease of use are primarily driven by what architectural visualizers require.

While remaining unique with its own development team, code, and community, Corona now also benefits from being part of the Chaos platform, giving its users access to many of the industry-standard tools created by Chaos.

What’s new in Corona 15?

• Adds compatibility with Max 2027

Learn more Try Corona for free!

Fan Creative, Inc. PPro Audio Batch Exporter New

PPro Audio Batch Exporter is a huge time saver in Premiere Pro that lets you export multiple audio versions of the same video without having to manually duplicate sequences, mute and solo tracks, or set up each export one by one.

Its versatile tools let you configure either single or multi-track videos with just a few clicks.

Ideal for multilingual videos, alternate mixes, localized deliverables, and any project where one edit needs to become multiple audio-specific exports.

Compatibility: Premiere Pro 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Learn more Try PPro Audio Batch Exporter for free!

grape design Aquon New

Flow inside the shape

Aquon is a GPU-accelerated After Effects plugin effect that simulates water-like 2D fluid motion.

Water-Like 2D Simulation

• Water-Like 2D Simulation
• Use Masks as Walls
• Flexible Inlet Control
• Flexible Gravity Control
• Various Looks with Fluid Rendering Controls
• Useful Simulation Controls
• GPU-Accelerated Rendering

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023

Learn more  Try Aquon for free!

InovativeWorks MotionSpice 2 New/Updated

Sprinkle some spice on your edits

MotionSpice is a streamlined, single-use motion asset toolset for After Effects. Inspired by the idea of “sprinkling spice” onto your edits—either drop in one accent or mix multiple “spices” to build full-fledged motion graphics. Instantly insert over 110 animations across 15 categories into your composition with a single click, and customize them with Smart Import tools — Auto Color, Snap Drop, and Asset Shuffle.

Organize your favorites with Collections & Tags, turn your own compositions into reusable assets, and preview everything with auto-generated GIFs.

Built to stay smooth even with large libraries.

Sprinkle some spice onto your edits.

What’s new in version 2?

• Thumbnails now load lazily — only the previews actually on screen are fetched, so large libraries stay fast and render without gaps.
• Category open/closed state is now remembered across reloads and restarts, with a new Collapse All / Expand All button.
• Empty categories now show in the panel, so you can set up your folder structure before adding assets.
• New “New Category” button creates a folder in your personal library and opens it in Explorer/Finder.
• Custom assets placed inside the extension folder (which is replaced on update) are now detected, with a one-click move to your safe personal library.
• Refreshed the panel to a native After Effects dark theme.

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Learn more  Try MotionSpice for free!

Plugin LyfeX CRTX New

Real CRT Physics

CRTX is a step beyond CRT simulation. Made for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro, it doesn’t just emulate, it reacts. Every frame gets redrawn like a real beam is painting it, with scan structure, mask patterns, bloom, glow, analog signal chaos, and controllable instability all changing based on your footage’s motion, luminance, and edges.

Forget static overlays. CRTX treats your image as a living signal, so highlights breathe, colors smear, and sync tears when you ask for them. The result feels like it was shot off a tube, not dragged from a preset.

Compatibility:

• After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6
• Premiere Pro 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015, CC 2014, CC, CS6

Learn more  Try CRTX for free!

Plugin LyfeX ReScanX New

Premium scan reconstruction plugin

ReScanX is a premium scan reconstruction plugin for After Effects and Premiere Pro. It transforms footage into visuals that look like phosphor-based contours, terrain maps, ghosts, or surveillance screens. It offers detailed control over beams, scans, timing, and display settings, along with a built-in preset library. The result is a unique electronic image that feels rebuilt from scratch rather than just filtered.

Compatibility:

• After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018
• Premiere Pro 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018

Learn more Try ReScanX for free!

Motion Design School Super Morphings Updated

Easiest Shape Morphing in After Effects!

Morphing is the transformation of an object into another one. There is always something to morph in a project, for instance, morphing one icon into another, or making a transition between scenes. Truth is, nicely done morphings are one of the secrets to the best motion design animations. Normally this would be a tedious task but not anymore!

Super Morphings is the easiest way to morph shapes in After Effects.

What’s new in v1.0.7?

• General stability improvements

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018

Learn more  Try Super Morphings for free!

Nebulaf mirAI New

Your new AI partner

mirAI is an advanced AI scripting assistant that turns your natural language prompts into complex After Effects scripts and expressions instantly.

Now powered by Google Gemini + OpenRouter: Access 300+ AI models (Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, Llama, Mistral, and more) with a single API key. Switch models instantly to match your needs.

One plugin. Every top AI model.

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024

Learn more   Try mirAI for free!

Nebulaf PuzzleMotion New

Block-based motion editor

PuzzleMotion is an innovative, versatile block-based animation system for After Effects. Say goodbye to tedious keyframing, complex graph editors, and time-consuming adjustments. Simply drag and drop direction blocks onto the visual timeline and snap them into place to instantly create smooth, complex animations on any layer.

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024

Learn more Try PuzzleMotion for free!

NickolasM Naked-Eye 3D New

Naked-Eye 3D creates camera-matched anamorphic/naked-eye 3D billboard scenes and prepares flat LED output from corner or segmented screen surfaces.  It is a dockable After Effects panel for anamorphic / naked-eye 3D billboard workflows. Match an AE camera from perspective guide lines, mark flat, corner, or segmented LED screens, and unwrap them into one clean render-ready output composition.

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020

Learn more  Try Naked-Eye 3D for free!

Othman Ahmed CenterLine New

No Outlines. The Actual Spline.

CenterLine is an After Effects plugin that extracts clean, single-pixel skeletal vector paths from any raster artwork. Using Zhang-Suen thinning, Schneider Bézier fitting, and Ramer-Douglas-Peucker optimization, it instantly converts bitmap sketches, logos, or calligraphy into lightweight, native After Effects Shape Layers, ready for perfect, smooth write-on animations with Trim Paths, and many more abilities.

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Learn more  Try CenterLine for free!

Pixel Sorter Studio Motion Mosh Updated

Datamosh-esque aesthetics in realtime!

Motion Mosh allows users to create datamosh-esque aesthetics in realtime! Real Interaction, No Export/Import Workflow, GPU Accelerated. Now compatible with Premiere Pro, Media Encoder, DaVinci Resolve, Nuke & NukeX!

With this GPU plugin, you can achieve results similar to datamoshing methods, but realtime, in AE, and without having to export.

What’s new in v1.3.0?

• Added OFX version (Nuke, Resolve, etc)

Compatibility:

• After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
• Davinci Resolve 21, 20, 19
• Media Encoder 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
• Nuke/NukeX 17.0, 15.0, 14.0, 13.2
• Premiere Pro 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Learn more  Try Motion Mosh for free!

Pixel Sorter Studio Voxel Sorter New

Turn any clip into a tiny voxel world

Voxel Sorter turns your footage into a tiny voxel world you can tilt, light, and pixel‑sort in 3D.

Voxel Sorter explodes your footage into a field of 3D blocks, each one carved from the pixels of your source. Brightness becomes depth, colour becomes geometry, and what was flat suddenly has weight and shadow. Move the camera, tilt the world, watch the same shot you’ve seen a hundred times become a cube‑sculpted miniature you can almost pick up.

Compatibility:

• After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
• Media Encoder 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022
• Premiere Pro 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022

Learn more  Try Voxel Sorter for free!

Pulldownit v6.5 for 3ds Max Updated

Shatter and Destruction Plug-in

Fast, reliable, and intuitive, Pulldownit for 3ds Max is the shatter and destruction plug-in that has been used in many productions all around the world.

Pulldownit is a dynamics plugin intended for destruction effects as well as massive rigid bodies simulations. By using it, digital artists are able to shatter objects in different styles, create surface cracks and simulate easily the fracture of 3D models. The power of Pulldownit solver allows computing thousands of objects in dynamics in a stable and realistic way.

What’s new in v6.5?

• New Reshatter mode “Eraser”
• New Reshatter option “set current as base shatter”
• New Shatter option to move existing fracture to a different source node
• New Ability to resize fracture clusters

Learn more  Try Pulldownit for free!

Synthtick GradientHub New

400+ Gradients for Colorama & Color Shift

Apply gradients to Colorama, Color Shift, Shape Layers, Layer Styles. Use 500+ built-in presets or save your own. Import GRD, CSS & SVG to get 1000’s of free gradients online. Formerly known as Colorama Browser.

Browse visual thumbnails and apply gradients to any target: Colorama, Color Shift, Shape Layers, and Layer Styles.  Select from 500+ curated built-in gradients, or import from .GRD (Photoshop), .CSS & .SVG files to access thousands of free gradients online and to easily keep your motion graphics pixel-perfect to your client’s brand.

Save your own gradients too, and organise them into categories and subcategories with auto-generated thumbnails. Regardless of how a gradient preset was created – whether saved from Colorama, Color Shift, a Shape Layer, a Layer Style or an imported format – it can be applied to any target.

Compatibility: After Effects 2026, 2025, 2024

Learn more  Try GradientHub for free!

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New in Cinema 4D 2026.3

Cinema 4D gets a new UV Editing Workflow, Particle Custom Attributes updates, and 3 new Advanced MoGraph Distributions: Edge, Rivet, and UV Projection.

What’s new in Redshift 2026.7.0, Autograph 2026.0.2, and the Maxon App 2026.4.1

The June 10 Redshift update mainly features bug fixes. Read the release notes

The Autograph and Maxon App updates tweak Maxon’s licensing options.

• Autograph Release Notes
• Maxon App Release Notes

How to Update your Software

To update your software, download and install the latest Maxon App. Then, click the updates tab to update your software.

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2nd Place: Oscar Pettersson
Winner: Howe Tom

Congrats to the winners. Great work!

Oddly Satisfying Render Challenge Results – Winner Announcement

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PRESS RELEASE

AI Point Tracking Speeds Up Complex VFX Tracks in Mocha Pro

The 2026.5 release adds automatic point tracking, advanced AI matte refinement, faster cleanups, flexible exports, and Windows ARM support.

Miami, FL, U.S.A. — June 11, 2026 — Boris FX Mocha Pro, the renowned 2D/3D planar tracking and masking toolkit, launches its 2026.5 release. New precise AI-driven point tracking changes how VFX artists and compositors approach intricate organic mesh tracking and drifting-track cleanups. The robust update also delivers more detailed automated mattes, new export options to better support studio pipelines, and Windows ARM support on the Adobe plugin and standalone application.

“With this release, Point Track ML’s AI tracking joins forces with Mocha’s award-winning planar and PowerMesh trackers. This combination lets artists handle the toughest organic shots while retaining the precise control they need to deliver their highest quality work,” says John-Paul Smith, CEO, Imagineer Systems. “Furthermore, by working closely with our partners at Adobe and Microsoft, we’ve brought Mocha to Windows on ARM with full native performance on the newest hardware.”

Effortless Tracking

Mocha Pro’s PowerMesh tracking, known for capturing subtle warping in surfaces such as skin and cloth, adds Point Track ML. The potent new tracking mode uses advanced AI to analyze tracks across a sequence, unlike traditional point or planar trackers, which rely on frame-based analysis. Its model, trained to ignore occlusions, lighting, and shadows, lets artists quickly tackle previously difficult tasks such as mesh tracking on creased clothing or where hands move over the tracked surface.

Point Track ML also tracks surfaces that turn away from and back towards the camera, a behavior that was impossible even with the planar track. Three more tools round out the speedy workflow with a Refine Mode for higher-resolution analysis, editable meshes when needed, and the ability to convert PowerMesh tracks back to planar data if desired.

Additionally, the AdjustTrack module also includes Point Track ML. The module, a final-step correction tool, helps artists clean up extremely challenging tracks that repeatedly slip due to motion blur, fast movement, changing reference points, or areas that go off-screen. Previously, in these cases, users had to manually fix every adjustment point. Now, a simple workflow using the Auto Nudge tool with Point Track ML automatically detects drifting points and corrects them, ensuring surface tracks stay locked. Artists who need greater control can refine nudge position further using per-point adjustments, preview high-resolution analysis to see more detail, and use support grids to add extra points to a shot to improve accuracy.

Advanced AI Masking

Mocha Pro’s AI-driven masking tools add new functionality that further automates matte creation and refinement.

Object Brush (powered by Mask ML) automatically creates finer edge details with a new Auto ROI (Region-Of-Interest) tool. It also lets artists draw their own ROI to isolate a subject with greater precision. Refine Matte ML instantly eliminates background matte sparkles and stray artifacts with the addition of Auto ROI. Matte Assist ML features a new Search Area tool that targets small, tricky areas with close-contour generation and keyframeable fields for better control over time. The new tools reduce the time spent on the most meticulous high-end VFX tasks.

Streamlined Workflows

Multiple quality-of-life improvements deliver a smoother experience across various VFX pipelines. New flexible exports include options to export render shapes to RGBA with the source clip (or any rendered clip), export separate layer mattes to multi-layer EXR, separate layers by color channel, and turn off layer opacity keyframes on matte data when exporting to After Effects, Fusion, and Flame.

The Curve Editor, which visualizes problem areas on a track and smooths data, lets users view and modify PowerMesh keyframes per vertex, enabling faster fixes on mesh-based tracking tasks.

Additional updates include Windows ARM support for the Adobe plugin and standalone versions, as well as enhanced Python API support on PowerMesh and Matte Assist ML contour features.

Pricing

Mocha Pro is a plugin and standalone application with annual subscriptions, upgrade & support plans, and perpetual licenses. Host application support includes Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Foundry Nuke, Blackmagic Fusion, Autodesk Flame, and Vegas Pro. Subscription pricing starts at $$325 per year.

Customers with active Mocha Pro, Boris FX Suite, or Vegas Pro Ultimate subscriptions or on a current Mocha Pro upgrade & support plan receive the 2026.5 product release as a complimentary update. Learn more about Mocha Pro.

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