Quantum Human cleans and rigs characters in one click
Cool work-in-progress Maya plugin promises complete automatic character setup, including muscles and facial coding.
Tuesday, January 13th, 2015
Free Resources
IKinema launches free trial of WebAnimate Pro
Rig characters and retarget motion capture data in your browser, using a simple drag-and-drop workflow.
Monday, January 12th, 2015
Luxion launches KeyShot Enterprise Edition
Includes a floating licence of the renderer, plus the animation, network render and VR modules.
Monday, January 12th, 2015
Blender 2.73 ships
Open-source 3D package gets new 2D animation tools, updated video editor, clutter-free fullscreen mode.
Friday, January 9th, 2015
The Foundry releases free MakerBot kit for Modo
New plugin lets users export models directly to the 3D printing firm's Thingiverse online community.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Wacom announces Cintiq 27QHD and Companion 2
New pen displays to offer reduced weight, better connectivity - and a whopping 2.5K max resolution.
Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Next Limit releases RealFlow RenderKit 2014
Free RF tool for meshing particles at render time gets better Arnold support, system for surface spray.
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
cebas updates thinkingParticles 6
Updated: First 'Subscription Drop' extends volumeBreak node and new procedural spline modelling toolset.
Sunday, December 21st, 2014
Download 12 free furniture models and 10 tree models
Get Andrei Mikhalenko's beautiful 3D models in MAX and OBJ formats, licensed for commercial use.
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
Gnomon ships Introduction to Maya Fluid Effects 2 and 3
FX TD Wayne Hollingsworth's videos provide a complete guide to creating production-ready simulations.
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
Watch Allan McKay's videos on building custom FX tools
VFX supervisor's three-part training series includes five hours of video, plus all the MAX files and scripts.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.1
Next-gen games texture painting app gets support for material IDs, ZBrush-style Lazy Mouse system.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
Open source Godot Engine hits stable 1.0 release
Free alternative to Unity reaches production-ready release; visual shader editor planned for next year.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014