Unreal Engine 5.5: discover 10 key features for CG artists
Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
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Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1
Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 19.1
Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
Get the Blender Studio's free Brushstroke Tools for Blender
Neat free extension lets you apply painterly brushstrokes to the surface of 3D models while texturing them, and control the strokes procedurally.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2024
Foundry discontinues Modo
Veteran 3D modeling and rendering software retired after 20 years, with no further updates expected after Modo 17.1, due later this year.
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Epic Games to share new free assets on Fab every two weeks
New batches of commercial tools and assets will be made available free on the online marketplace for two weeks, every two weeks.
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Get 100+ free modular airport assets for Unity and Unreal Engine
Freshcan 3D's Military Airport pack is a set of 3D buildings, roads and props, licensed for commercial use in any game engine or CG software.
Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Reallusion adds AI Smart Search to Character Creator and iClone
AI-based system lets you find online stock assets matching reference images or plain-text descriptions, directly inside the apps.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2024
Academy Software Foundation adopts OpenAPV
Royalty-free open-source codec for professional video production is the VFX industry standards body's latest hosted project.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
WRetargetTool is a versatile free Maya animation retargeting tool
Rigging artist Walter Delgado's intuitive add-on retargets animation between 3D characters, regardless of rig structure.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
Sketchsoft releases Feather 1.0
First paid version of the nifty 3D sketching app for iPad is a major update, adding new 3D liquify, lighting and post effects toolsets.
Monday, November 4th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating Cinematic Concept Art
Discover an efficient professional concept art workflow in Blender and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, November 4th, 2024
Get ProductionCrate's three new free After Effects plugins
Crate's Unmult, Crate's Chromatic Aberration and Crate's Long Shadow streamline common tasks in VFX, motion graphics and CG work.
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024