Maxon releases Red Giant 2024.1
See the new features in the suite of effects plugins, including Magic Bullet 2024.1, Trapcode 2024.1, Universe 2024.1 and VFX 2024.1.
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
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Sneak peek: Cascadeur for mobile
Check out Nekki's preview video of the phone and tablet edition of its AI-assisted character animation software, due in beta later this year.
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Download Autodesk's free Maya 2024 Bonus Tools
Check out the changes to Autodesk's set of free add-ons for 3D modeling and UV editing, now updated to support Maya 2024.
Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Master Liquid Simulation in Houdini
Create art-directable simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to Houdini's FLIP fluids and rigid body dynamics toolsets.
Friday, January 12th, 2024
Free tool: sculpt stylized hair with custom ZBrush brush RenHair
Former Overwatch artist Renaud Galand's neat free custom brush sculpts subtly asymmetric strands of hair for stylized 3D characters.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
Get over 400 modular 3D assets for building fantasy environments
Get the Ithris Cemetery and Fantasy Bundle Environment Kit 3 in 1 packs free from the Unreal Marketplace this month. For commercial use.
Sunday, January 7th, 2024
Tutorial: Animating Emotional Transitions in Maya
Get started in character animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.
Saturday, January 6th, 2024
Get the free Maya Cascadeur Bridge
Handy add-on lets users export rigged characters from Maya to AI animation tool Cascadeur in a few clicks, then send animation back.
Thursday, December 28th, 2023
PhyX Drag brings physics-based object placement to Blender
New $10 add-on brings simple Houdini-style physics-based scene layout workflows to the open-source 3D software.
Thursday, December 28th, 2023
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.4 in early access
Neat tool to simplify world building in Unreal Engine 5 gets new Physics Paint system, PBR texture packing. Perpetual licenses now available.
Wednesday, December 27th, 2023
Mossify adds moss to Blender models
Neat Geometry Nodes set-up adds detailed 3D moss, flowers, and even sea creatures to your scenes. The base edition is free.
Tuesday, December 26th, 2023
Radical now supports real-time facial motion-capture
Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts facial and full-body animation from the same video. Available with free subscriptions.
Friday, December 22nd, 2023
Erik Lehmann releases RS UV Kit 2.1 for Maya
DNEG TD's add-on to streamline UV workflow gets new options for working with UDIMs, and checking assets for common UV errors.
Thursday, December 21st, 2023