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New GPU-accelerated AI mocap add-on for iClone extracts facial motion data from video in real time. Works with consumer webcams.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

Now publicly released: new sub-project of MaterialX will let artists transfer materials seamlessly between Adobe and Autodesk apps.

Monday, November 6th, 2023

Create a VFX sequence of a character dissolving using Unreal Engine, Houdini and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Sunday, November 5th, 2023

Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.

Friday, November 3rd, 2023

Heavyweight lighting and look dev software gets new Native USD framework to power up USD workflows. Live Rendering now 'up to twice as fast'.

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

See Cinesite's breakdown of some of the 21 minutes of animation it produced for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.

Tuesday, October 31st, 2023

Add-on brings the outline rendering toolset used on anime movies to the open-source 3D app. Now supports viewport rendering and EPS export.

Tuesday, October 31st, 2023

Discover which colleges were named the best for 3D animation, game art, visual effects, and overall world's best creative school.

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

Blenderesse's neat add-on generates animated 3D birds for use in the backgrounds of animations or motion graphics. Now free in beta.

Friday, October 27th, 2023

Check out the CG dogs MPC created for the canine comedy, with the help of Houdini/USD-based fur grooming toolset LOMA.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Sizeable update to the AI-assisted character animation software adds audio capabilities, plus support for USD files and quad meshes.

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

Check out the new features in the open-source digital painting app, including the Wide Color Gamut Color Selector and new text engine.

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023