Tutorial: Create a Dynamic Character Illustration
Create professional illustrations and keyframe art in 3DCoat and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's video masterclass.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
Free Resources
Reallusion ships ZBrush Face Tools
New plugin makes it easier to refine head meshes from Character Creator in ZBrush, including sculpting custom expressions.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
Check out text-to-3D service Masterpiece X - Generate
Browser-based service generates low-poly 3D props and characters for indie games or AR projects from simple text descriptions.
Monday, October 16th, 2023
Movella launches new mocap product bundles for indie artists
Indie artists buying Movella's inertial mocap systems get six months' free access to its $11k/year Xsens Animate Pro software.
Thursday, October 12th, 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
Open 3D Foundation releases Open 3D Engine 23.10
Check out the new features in the open-source game engine and new third-party add-ons like this volumetric cloudscapes system.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Nick Kallen ships Plasticity 1.3
Sizeable update to the popular lightweight NURBS modeller adds radial menus, better filleting - and a new live link to Blender.
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Tutorial: Animating a Complex Fight Action Sequence in Maya
Improve the clarity and phyicality of your animation with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced masterclass.
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Epic Games to start charging to use Unreal Engine for VFX
UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
Autodesk adds MaterialX support to USD for 3ds Max 0.5
Update to the USD integration plugin makes it possible to author, import or export MaterialX materials from 3ds Max.
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Animate Anything uses AI to rig your 3D characters
Online service rigs 3D humanoids, animals and vehicles for use in real-time applications. Now comes with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5 add-ons.
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
See the new ZBrush features from ZBrush Summit 2023
Check out the upcoming features in the digital sculpting software, including a neat new Replay system, and integrated Cinema 4D noises.
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Foundry cuts price of Education Collective
Students can now get one-year licences of Nuke, Katana, Mari and Modo for $99, if they don't already get them free as part of a course.
Friday, September 29th, 2023