Foundry has officially released Mari 8.0, the latest major version of its 3D texture painting software for VFX, animation, and digital content creation. The release introduces a broad range of procedural texturing tools, Node Graph enhancements, advanced masking workflows, and improvements to project management and asset organization.

Toon Boom has released Harmony 27, the latest major version of its professional 2D animation software, introducing a set of new tools aimed primarily at improving character rigging, posing, and scene management. The new release, build 25334, became available on June 16, 2026.

Foundry has released the experimental Mari 8.0v1 Beta 2 for testing and feedback. Rather than focusing on a single major feature, this release introduces a broad set of practical improvements aimed at making the everyday workflow of Mari artists simpler, faster, and more intuitive.

TVPaint has released TVPaint Animation 12.1.0, the first major update for the TVPaint Animation 12 generation. The release introduces a new Timesheet Panel and brings a wide range of improvements to the Timeline, Storyboard, Camera, Library, Rigging, Interface, Export, and other areas of the 2D animation workflow.

Blackmagic Design has released DaVinci Resolve 21.1, a major update to its all-in-one post-production platform for editing, visual effects, motion graphics, color grading, audio post-production, and now still photography.

Foundry has officially released Nuke 17.1, bringing a major collection of updates to Nuke, Nuke Studio, and Hiero. Released on August 20, 2026, the new version continues Foundry’s push toward a more integrated 2D and 3D compositing environment, with a particular focus on USD, Hydra 2.0, Gaussian Splats, modern camera formats, and production review workflows.

Maxon has released Redshift 2026.8, the latest feature-focused update to its GPU-accelerated renderer, bringing new procedural shading capabilities and improvements for creating atmospheric environments and surface detail.

Released on July 22, 2026, Redshift 2026.8 introduces a new Scratches shader node, giving artists a more direct procedural approach to generating surface wear and fine scratch patterns. The addition is particularly useful for materials that need subtle imperfections, abrasion, or repeated surface detail without relying entirely on painted textures.

SideFX has officially released Houdini 22, bringing a broad set of new tools and workflow improvements across procedural modeling, character animation, VFX, look development, world building and rendering.

Houdini 22.0.368, the official Gold Release, became available on July 15, 2026. The new release focuses on making procedural workflows faster and more flexible while introducing new technologies such as Gaussian Splats, expanded Copernicus capabilities, new character tools powered by APEX, and significant improvements to Solaris and Karma.