August 18, 2017
Versatile free rigging framework gets new Simple Autorig system for props, Maya 2018 compatibility. Read More »
August 7, 2017
Native version of the physically based GPU renderer in beta this year. New open-source 'Baikal' edition out now. Read More »
August 4, 2017
Studio's in-house USD authoring plugin for Maya, used on Peter Rabbit, now available open-source. Read More »
July 20, 2017 | 3 comments
New denoise system and PBR shader in Cycles, plus some great new add-ons for motion graphics. Read More »
July 13, 2017
New open exchange standard for material data aims to do for look dev what Alembic did for geometry. Read More »
July 13, 2017
Blender production tracking system and render manager used on the Institute's shorts now in public beta. Read More »
June 14, 2017 | 1 comment
Open-source 2D animation toolset gets its own dedicated workspace, new work modes and fill options. Read More »
May 2, 2017
Paste geometry and UV maps between 3D packages with Oliver Hotz's OD_CopyPasteExternal. Read More »
April 26, 2017
Rendering middleware firm's 'next-level C# game engine' now shipping commercially, but still free to individuals and indie studios. Read More »
April 17, 2017
Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets better skin shading, mocap import. Read More »
February 24, 2017 | 1 comment
Open source C# engine from firm behind Final Fantasy XV's render tech to go commercial in April. Read More »
February 14, 2017 | 2 comments
New update improves speed of Blender's Cycles renderer over 10x on shots with motion blur and hair. Read More »
February 11, 2017
Updated: Open-source painting app gets early support for audio in the new 2D animation toolset. Read More »
January 23, 2017 | 1 comment
Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke. Read More »
January 23, 2017
CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too. Read More »
January 16, 2017
Sizeable update to the open source compositor adds 16 new plugins, including keying, retiming, blur, denoise and colour correction. Read More »
January 5, 2017
Fully open-source set of plugins lets Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere read and write layered EXR files on Windows and OS X. Read More »
January 3, 2017
Newly updated open-source app provides complete set of tools for cleaning and editing 3D scan data, or readying meshes for 3D printing. Read More »
November 2, 2016
See all the new features due in Unity 5.6 and beyond - including a free integration of OctaneRender. Read More »
October 6, 2016
Free set of scripts should help tools developers integrate the VR paint app with production pipelines. Read More »
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