10 killer tips for better character animation

DreamWorks veteran Sébastien Wojda provides his expert tips for creating better character animation.

Monday, September 7th, 2015

Google relaunches Zync render service in beta

VFX-friendly online service now available on Google Cloud Platform. Sign up to get $800 in free credits.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2015

LuxRender 1.5 ships

Now officially shipping: Open-source renderer gets major speed boosts, support for AOVs. New 3ds Max exporter to come.

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

Raylight Games releases EasySkin 1.0 for 3ds Max

Handy-looking plugin reorganises Max's UI to speed up skinning workflow, adds new 'bubble' envelope system.

Tuesday, September 1st, 2015

Gnomon releases Scripting Fundamentals, Volume 1

Master the core principles of custom tool development with ex-Disney TD Mike Harris's five-hour video guide.

Monday, August 31st, 2015

Jasper Brekelmans unveils Brekel Multi Sensor

New tool will let users of his Brekel Pro software record mocap and point cloud data using multiple Kinect sensors.

Friday, August 28th, 2015

Massive Software announces Massive 8.0

Update will let users simulate 20,000 AI-driven crowd characters in real time. New 3ds Max plugin coming too.

Wednesday, August 26th, 2015

INTiMATE will let you talk to characters to control them

IKinema's new technology aims to enable devs to build simple text and voice controls into tools like Maya.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2015

Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Nuke

Edit V-Ray lights, materials and render properties directly inside Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2015

AAA Studio releases FurryBall RT 1.1

GPU production renderer gets new noise filter to clean up renders, plus support for Maya's XGen and Bifrost.

Thursday, August 6th, 2015

Autodesk launches Stingray game engine

New engine to ship on 19 August from $30/month, with suite of supporting middleware. Free to Maya LT users.

Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

Peregrine Labs releases Yeti 2.0

Maya fur plugin gets speed boost, better dynamics, new sculpting tools. Price down to CAD $699, too.

Monday, August 3rd, 2015

Gnomon releases complete guide to CityEngine in VFX

Matthias Buehler's seven-hour video explores how to create digital film sets with Esri's powerful procedural city-generation tool.

Sunday, August 2nd, 2015