New hack turns Kinect into low-cost mocap camera

Cool videos show US researcher demo Microsoft games peripheral as basic 3D capture tool.

Monday, November 15th, 2010

QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.2

Major update to the next-gen terrain generator for games and VFX adds 10 new nodes, and updates over 20 more. Check out the new features.

Tuesday, July 15th, 2025

Pikimov is a free motion design tool that runs in your browser

New online compositing and video editing app was created as an alternative to After Effects, and supports greenscreen removal.

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

Adobe to raise price of Creative Cloud subscriptions

Cost of Creative Cloud subscriptions up 5-10% from November for many users. New pricing for Firefly, too. Check if it affects you in our FAQs.

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

Luxion ships KeyShot 11.3

Check out the latest features in the rendering and technical animation software, and the changes to the separate KeyShot Web Viewer.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022

J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya

Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.

Monday, July 4th, 2022

5 industry stories you may have missed in December 2021

Including end of life for Meshmixer and the 3ds Max Asset Library, and unified licences for Chaos Phoenix.

Friday, December 31st, 2021

Arnold and V-Ray win Engineering Emmy Awards

Renderers win primetime Emmy Awards alongside crowd simulation tools Massive and Golaem Crowd.

Monday, October 11th, 2021

Download VR modelling tool Gravity Sketch for free

Powerful virtual reality design tool now free to individual artists, including OBJ, FBX, IGES export.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

Act-3D releases Lumion 11.0

Check out the new features in the real-time visualisation software, including this readymade animated phasing system in the Pro edition.

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020

Adobe wins tech Emmy Award for Character Animator

Real-time 2D animation app wins Technology & Engineering award for innovations affecting television.

Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Game engine and crowd tools devs win tech Emmy Awards

Creators of UE4 and Unity win 2019 Technology & Engineering awards, along with Massive, Golaem, Miarmy and Houdini.

Thursday, April 11th, 2019

The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2018

Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by CG Channel's Facebook followers.

Saturday, January 12th, 2019