How to create stylized facial rigs for production in Maya
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create professional rigs for cartoon-style characters.
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.1
Check out the new features in the next-gen animation and motion graphics software from the original creators of Maya's MASH toolset
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Otoy ships Sculptron 1.1
GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches gets initial support for Alembic, plus option to use procedural textures as alphas.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Ubisoft releases free Blender collaboration tool Mixer 1.0
Open-source app lets multiple Blender users to work on the same production scene simultaneously.
Monday, May 10th, 2021
Adobe releases Character Animator 4.2
Puppet animation software gets workflow updates including auto-recovery of damaged project files.
Monday, May 10th, 2021
Create 3d Characters releases Zoo Tools Pro 2.5
Check out the neat new animation features in the popular set of productivity-boosting Maya tools.
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
iToo Software releases RailClone 4.3 for 3ds Max
Parametric modelling plugin gets big speed boost, plus new macros for generating walls and floors.
Friday, May 7th, 2021
Blender add-on Node Relax lets you brush nodes into place
This brilliant new free add-on might be the most fun you'll ever have while keeping a node graph tidy.
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Boris FX ships Sapphire 2021.5
Effects plugins for compositing and editing apps get native support for Apple's M1 processors and multi-frame rendering in After Effects.
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Isotropix ships Clarisse 5.0
Big update to the look dev and rendering tool adds USD exporter, Arnold-compatible material and intuitive new lighting workflows.
Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
Deep FX Studio 1.3 ships
Check out the new features in Deep FX World's standalone multiphysics simulation and procedural animation software.
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
Check out Introduction to Creature Design
New Gnomon Workshop tutorials set out key workflows for sketching and colouring creature concepts.
Monday, May 3rd, 2021
3ds Max Indie and Maya Indie now available in Latin America
See the full list of countries where indie artists can get lower-priced 3ds Max and Maya subscriptions.
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021