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The best screenshot app for Mac just became a screen recording powerhouse
14+ hour, 5+ min ago (1161+ words) CleanShot X is the best screenshot app for Mac. It’s one of my favorite Mac apps, and I’ve already covered all its features in a previous article. The app just received its 5.0 update, and it’s such a massive release that…...
True Photon-Traced Caustics For Blender's Cycles
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (136+ words) Just one checkbox in the render settings, and it works with any existing scene. It really is just one checkbox. Once it's enabled, move the light in the viewport on the right and the render on the left updates instantly....
GPT-6 Astra Music Guide: Ableton Live, MIDI & AI Tools
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (1704+ words) Astra becomes useful for music when you give it an idea worth developing and an editable way to express it. That might mean a melody as MIDI, a sequencer written in code, an arrangement inside Ableton Live, or a production…...
Tutorial: Introduction to Compositing in Nuke
1+ week, 2+ day ago (429+ words) The Gnomon Workshop has released Introduction to Compositing in Nuke, a complete introductory guide to the software, recorded by freelance Compositor Tommaso Lunardi. The workshop provides two hours of video training in Nuke. A complete introduction to Nuke for students…...
Jas-i Khorlo: free synth plugin explores rotating physical modeling synthesis
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1065+ words) Jas-i-Khorlo is a new free Synthesizer plugin that takes you on a fascinating journey through rotating physical modeling synthesis. Physical modeling or resonator synths often follow this concept: An exciter like a mallet, noise, or a sampler, as in the…...
Create Seamless PSX Textures from Photos with Cycletex: Retro Texture
2+ week, 4+ day ago (152+ words) Cycletex: Retro Texture allows you to craft textures reminiscent of the 32-bit era. With the tool, you can remove the background or automatically select a foreground based on a central object, flatten the perspective, crop (in 16- or 8-pixel chunks), downscale,…...
Check out promising new Blender retopology tool Smart Remesh
2+ week, 5+ day ago (531+ words) 3D artist Milad Kambari has released Smart Remesh, a promising Blender retopology add-on for a range of users, from games artists, to hard-surface modelers, to character artists. The tool, which has separate modes for organic and hard-surface models, promises a context-aware…...
Imagen Culling vs Bridge CC: Is Adobe Lagging in 2026?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (85+ words) This guide will compare Imagen Culling vs Bridge CC with respect to performance, features, and workflow integration to see whether Adobe is behind in 2026. Key Features of Imagen Culling: Key Features of Bridge: Even with its advantages, Bridge does have…...
Draw On Your Linux Screen With These Great Tools
2+ week, 6+ day ago (815+ words) Screen annotation tools draw directly over everything on your desktop, so you can circle a button in a demo video, sketch an idea during a call, or mark up a screenshot without opening an image editor. On Linux, several free…...
Principled BSDF In Blender's Cycles Now Supports Dispersion
2+ week, 6+ day ago (339+ words) See what else is coming to Blender 5.3. Last week, a new feature was introduced that many of you creating 3D diamonds, gemstones, and prisms have been waiting for. No more complicated glass shaders: in Cycles, the Principled BSDF can now handle…...