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Shave and a Haircut

See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from landscape editing to 3D text.

Sunday, December 15th, 2019

Get the hair and fur plugin and its Arnold, RenderMan and V-Ray shaders from Epic Games for free.

Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Sizeable update to the Maya fur and feathers plugin adds support for Alembic and OpenColorIO, plus new volumetric hair guide model.

Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.

Thursday, June 6th, 2019

We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016

Big update to Maya hair plugin to add full GPU support, powerful grooming and sculpting options.

Saturday, July 30th, 2016

Source code of fur system used on Call of Duty: Ghosts out now. New CGU/GPU rigid body system in beta.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2016

Maya hair plugin gets first big update in several years, improving viewport performance and grooming tools.

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

Intriguing procedural Maya grooming tool works with nHair, XGen, plus key hair plugins. Sign up to test it now.

Thursday, April 9th, 2015

RenderMan-compliant renderer used on Elysium now available for 3ds Max. The first licence is free.

Thursday, March 19th, 2015

Patent wrangle with Shave and a Haircut developer Joe Alter stops Maya add-on being sold in the US.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Shave and a Haircut veteran releases free beta of LipService hybrid sculpting/animation tool.

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011