Speed up animation with Character Tracker for Maya
Neat plugin lets you use game-like navigation to control 3D characters to block out animations faster.
Monday, August 28th, 2023
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Ynput launches free VFX and animation pipeline Ayon
Updated, now in beta: open-source framework connects VFX tools into a coherent USD-ready pipeline.
Friday, August 25th, 2023
Check out neat Blender plugin Baga Ivy Generator 2
Appealing add-on lets you 'draw' ivy - and 70 other species of plants - directly onto your 3D meshes.
Monday, August 21st, 2023
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5
Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
Adobe releases Character Animator 23.6
Check out the new features in the real-time puppet animation tool, including the option to edit replays.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Unity releases Ziva VFX 2.2
Maya muscle and soft tissue simulation plugin gets new CUDA-based GPU solver, plus option to visualise stretching in the viewport.
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
Autodesk announces new generative AI tools in Maya
New AI services will let artists generate materials, textures or HDRIs inside Maya's LookdevX.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
Firefly is coming to Omniverse
Check out the Summer 2023 updates to Nvidia's online design platform, plus plans to integrate Adobe's generative AI toolset.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
Nvidia releases 2023.1 updates to Omniverse apps
Check out the new features in USD Composer 2023.1, USD Presenter 2023.1 and Audio2Face 2023.1.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
Tutorial: Creating a Monolithic City in Unreal Engine 5
Create a large-scale city for VFX or cinematics work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Sunday, August 6th, 2023
AWS releases Deadline 10.3
Free renderfarm manager now supports Unreal Engine 5, including the Movie Render Queue for visual effects, animation and visualisation.
Saturday, August 5th, 2023
Eye candy: SideFX's 2023 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best motion graphics and VFX created in Houdini, then follow our links to technical breakdowns.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023