Tools to watch in Fall 2024: Meshcapade Me

Try this browser-based tool for generating animated 3D avatars from video footage, photos or real-world measurements. Free in beta.

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Radical now supports real-time finger tracking

Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.

Friday, August 9th, 2024

DeepMotion launches AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 1.5

Browser-based tool lets you create animations for humanoid characters by typing text prompts. Free in open beta, including for commercial use

Saturday, June 29th, 2024

Radical now supports real-time facial motion-capture

Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts facial and full-body animation from the same video. Available with free subscriptions.

Friday, December 22nd, 2023

5 key features in Blender 4.0

Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023

DeepMotion launches DeepMotion Animate 3D 5.0

Big update to the browser-based AI mocap system makes it possible to capture up to eight characters from a single video.

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

Wonder Studio now does standalone AI motion capture

Check out the AI-based VFX tool's new option to extract body and hand mocap data from video, and its new credit-based pricing.

Friday, September 15th, 2023

Radical launches Radical Live

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Wonder Studio is available

Updated: hotly tipped AI tool for automatically replacing live actors with 3D characters can now export scenes in USD format.

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

Plask launches Plask Generative AI

New online service generates 2D images matching the pose of a 3D character. Currently free in beta.

Friday, April 7th, 2023

Kinetix launches Kinetix Studio 2.0

Free browser-based AI mocap platform now supports animation style transfer and motion blending.

Sunday, January 29th, 2023

DeepMotion Animate 3D adds 'Avaturn' avatar-generation

Browser-based AI mocap tool gets new system for generating custom 3D avatars from simple selfies.

Friday, December 23rd, 2022

Best Black Friday and winter 2022 deals for CG artists

Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.

Monday, November 28th, 2022