Basefount Technology ships Miarmy 5.0

Maya crowd simulation system gets new automation engine to simplify set-up of complex behaviours.

Friday, September 30th, 2016

Download the free Allright Rig for Unreal Engine

Beta of Alexander Shatalov's promising rigging and animation add-on for UE4 now free to all.

Friday, September 23rd, 2016

Chaos Group releases Phoenix FD 3.0 for 3ds Max

Big update to fluid simulator adds new FLIP liquids solver; new options for art directing and retiming sims.

Friday, September 16th, 2016

CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 6

Now shipping: Clothing design tool adds new options to edit 3D models directly and to retime animations.

Monday, September 12th, 2016

Autodesk unveils Flame 2017 Extension 1

Compositing and finishing tool to get 'Maya-inspired' scene navigation, plus better workflows for editing Batch schematics.

Friday, September 9th, 2016

Nvidia releases Iray for Cinema 4D

Latest plugin version of Iray provides fast, GPU-based, physically accurate render previews inside Cinema 4D.

Thursday, September 8th, 2016

Learn animation from Pixar's Michal Makarewicz

Sign up for the Annie Award-winning animator's two-day masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus in December.

Friday, September 2nd, 2016

Maxon ships Cinema 4D R18

Major update adds neat MoGraph options, object tracking, real-time knife tools, and Substance support.

Thursday, September 1st, 2016

Envelop for Windows lets you use 3D software in VR

View any Windows app in VR using an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive. Free in beta - and a Maya plugin to come

Wednesday, August 31st, 2016

Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa MX and MY 2.6

Heavy-duty particle renderer for 3ds Max and Maya gets faster, more controllable DoF and motion blur.

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Watch 30 minutes of free Houdini simulation training

Top FX TD Wayne Hollingsworth shares his production tips at a free workshop at Gnomon this Thursday. Watch free online.

Monday, August 29th, 2016

Redshift devs announce Redshift for Katana

GPU-based production renderer to get native integration with The Foundry's look development tool.

Thursday, August 25th, 2016

Side Effects Software unveils Houdini roadmap

New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks.

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016