Autodesk Labs unveils Project Pinocchio

Work-in-progress system creates fully rigged 3D characters in your browser for export in FBX format.

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Basefount ships Miarmy 2.0

Sub-$1,000 Maya crowd-simulation system gets better animation blending; now up to 10 times faster.

Friday, March 1st, 2013

Sneak peek: Softimage's new camera sequencer

Watch the tool in use to switch between camera views and trim and sequence animation clips.

Thursday, February 28th, 2013

Autodesk to unveil 2014 product line on 27 March

Join the Unfold event live in Montreal or watch it online, then quiz product managers via the Unfold website.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Faceware announces Retargeter 4.0

New version of the facial motion-capture retargeting system to debut at GDC 2013 next month.

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013

Fabric Engine unveils new Stage and Orb modules

Creation tools-development platform to get add-ons for real-time lighting, streaming renders to a browser.

Monday, February 25th, 2013

IKinema ships Action 2.5

Real-time mocap solver for Maya now supports OptiTrack hardware; new, more advanced constraints.

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Thinkbox Software releases Krakatoa MY

New Maya particle renderer produces 'pixel-identical' output to its 3ds Max sibling, runs on laptops.

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Blender 2.66 adds Bullet physics, Dynamic Topology

Impressive update adds high-end rigid-body dynamics, true claylike sculpting to the open-source app.

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Epic adds Substance support to Unreal Engine

See Allegorithmic's parametric texture format in action in UE3 in the very Lovecraftian 'Beneath' demo.

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Autodesk releases 123D Creature

Fun iPad app sculpts and poses characters via a skeletal system, then readies them for 3D printing.

Friday, February 15th, 2013

VFX breakdown: the making of Little Kaiju

Animation director Nick Losq runs through the pipeline for this cute but gritty anime-inspired VFX short.

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Shotgun merges with Tank and Revolver

Get the production-management system, asset manager and shot review tool in one for $49 per month.

Monday, February 11th, 2013