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		<title>Foundry releases new AI-powered SmartRoto add-on for Nuke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New AI-based plugin propagates roto splines across a shot, speeding up roto 'up to 4x'. See how it differs from AI matte-generation tools.]]></description>
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		<title>Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Blender</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New features in the Blender edition of the renderer include a quick caustics system, UDIM support, and conversion of Cycles to V-Ray lights.]]></description>
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		<title>ArcBrush 1.5 is an interesting $49 node-based image editor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inexpensive cross-platform Photoshop alternative gets new 32-bit pipeline, Crytomatte support and new compositing nodes. ]]></description>
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		<title>3Dflow releases 3DF Zephyr 9.0 with 3D Gaussian Splatting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Thacker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photogrammetry software now generates 3D Gaussian Splats from source images or video, as well as point clouds and 3D meshes.]]></description>
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		<title>The Character DNA MetaHuman add-on for Blender is now free</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Thacker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Base edition of Poly Hammer's Blender add-on for importing and exporting MetaHuman .dna files is now a free download.]]></description>
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		<title>Khronos Group sponsors free glTF importer/exporter for 3ds Max</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 04:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Thacker]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New open-source add-ons provide a long-overdue free way to import glTF files into 3ds Max, backed by the creator of the format.]]></description>
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		<title>SideFX just released Houdini 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the latest features in Houdini, from a complete new 3D Gaussian Splatting toolset to major updates to KineFX and Copernicus.]]></description>
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		<title>Google open-sources GNM Head, its parametric human head model</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 10:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parametric model based on real-world scan data generates realistic 3D heads and expressions. Blender and 3ds Max add-ons available.]]></description>
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		<title>Blender 5.2 LTS is here: discover its 5 key features</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 15:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
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