September 12, 2021
Get free rigged 3D characters and mocap moves from Reallusion's ActorCore library. FBX format, for commercial use. Read More »
May 13, 2021
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create professional rigs for cartoon-style characters. Read More »
May 1, 2021
See the new features in the VR tool suite for sculpting and rigging characters, now out of beta. Read More »
December 23, 2020
Neat tool for building animation libraries retargets motion between characters from 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, Unity and UE4. Read More »
October 16, 2020
Crazy new Maya toolset will let you design wrinkles for 3D characters interactively and export to UE4. Read More »
June 11, 2020
See the new features in the Maya and Houdini crowd animation tool. Now free for low-budget projects. Read More »
January 12, 2020
Veteran morph-based facial animation tool available as a free download. The UI shows its age, but many users still swear by it. Read More »
October 29, 2019
Updated: October 2019 release adds support for additive layers to the unconventional animation tool. Read More »
August 16, 2019
It's mainly a performance release, but there are new modelling and character rigging tools, plus support for the AxF material format. Read More »
June 19, 2019
Unique tool for retopologising facial and full-body scan data gets accurate new BlendWrapping mode, new sculpting brushes. Read More »
June 15, 2019
New cloud-based platform lets users turn standard 3D models into interactive VR and AR experiences. Read More »
October 2, 2018
Versatile UE4 auto-rigging plugin creates a range of characters and creatures, with facial animation. Read More »
August 8, 2018
Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool gets big render speed boost, new behaviour modules, Python plugins system. Read More »
May 29, 2018
Nifty free app uses the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to capture facial mocap and export it in FBX format. Read More »
May 15, 2018
Free game engine gets support for morph targets, new wind and force volumes, volumetric cloud system, visual scripting improvements. Read More »
October 25, 2017
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here. Read More »
February 22, 2017
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping. Read More »
February 20, 2017
Maya crowd simulation software gets new blendshape pipeline for handling facial animation, plus new tools for editing simulation caches. Read More »
October 20, 2016
Rig on Demand system generates a complete bone and blendshape based rig for any humanoid head. Read More »
July 26, 2016
Videos: Games-focused edition of Maya gets animation Time Editor, UI and workflow enhancements. Read More »
