See the roadmap for Blender's Animation 2025 project
Intial release schedule announced for the major overhaul of Blender's rigging and animation systems.
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
character rigging
Download Blender Studio's free Human Base Meshes
Set of 17 high-quality meshes can be used as bases for sculpting custom 3D characters. CC0 licence.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.6
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from Simulation Nodes and GPU ray tracing to neat hidden bonuses.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2023
Free tool Masterpiece X lets you 'remix' characters in VR
Interesting new app lets users create custom game content from an online library of CC0 assets.
Friday, June 23rd, 2023
Tutorial: Automating Animation & Game-Ready Rigs
Create your own modular rigging system in Python with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced tutorial.
Monday, June 12th, 2023
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.1
Big update to the physics-based animation tool adds video mocap and Finger AutoPosing systems.
Friday, May 19th, 2023
Autodesk ships Maya 2024.1 and Maya Creative 2024.1
3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
See the 2023 Blender development roadmap
See which major features are due in the open-source 3D software in 2023 - and which are delayed.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
Maxon ships ZBrush 2023.1
Digital sculpting app gets neat new Proxy Pose and Drop 3D systems, but the new features are currently only available via subscriptions.
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Autodesk releases Maya 2024
Wide-ranging update to the 3D animation tool adds new LookdevX toolset, gel simulation in Bifrost, and native Apple Silicon support.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
5 key features in Blender 3.5
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D software: from sculpting and hair grooming to a hidden bonus for UV workflows.
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
Baguette: a powerful free nodal rigging system for Maya
Get Nims Bun's ultra-flexible rigging framework, used in production at Pixomondo, and now available free.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
Unity releases Ziva VFX 2.1
Popular Maya tissue simulation plugin gets improved collision detection, plus new tissue stifness and simulation damping controls.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023