Adobe unveils new Substance 3D Connector

Open-source plugin architecture will let you send assets from the Substance 3D applications direct to Blender, 3ds Max and Maya.

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

ArmorPaint 0.9 ships

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

Tutorial: Introduction to Ziva VFX - Volume 1 and 2

Volume 2 now available: master the Maya soft tissue simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive two-part guide.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

MoGen generates animation cycles in your web browser

Promising AI-based online app generates a huge range of walk and run cycles for humanoid characters. Try it free in beta.

Thursday, September 7th, 2023

Maxon releases Cinebench 2024

Significant update reinstates GPU benchmarking to the popular free CG hardware benchmark.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Check out free browser-based AI mocap tool Rokoko Vision

Successor to Rokoko Video lets users extract full-body animation from video captured on two cameras or smartphones. Still free for single-camera capture.

Monday, September 4th, 2023

Eye candy: Chaos's 2023 V-Ray VFX & Animation showreel

See the best new visual effects and motion graphics rendered with V-Ray - then check out technical breakdowns of the key projects.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Radical launches Radical Live

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Luxion buys Digizuite

KeyShot developer aims to provide users with a 'full-service design solution' though its buyout of the digital asset management provider.

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

Ynput launches free VFX and animation pipeline Ayon

Updated, now in beta: open-source framework connects VFX tools into a coherent USD-ready pipeline.

Friday, August 25th, 2023

Check out neat Blender plugin Baga Ivy Generator 2

Appealing add-on lets you 'draw' ivy - and 70 other species of plants - directly onto your 3D meshes.

Monday, August 21st, 2023

Polygonflow's Dash automates world building in UE5

Unreal Engine add-on lets users assemble environments via drag and drop and simple text prompts.

Friday, August 18th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.3

Check out the new features in the production renderer, including faster GPU rendering, and Apple Silicon support for Houdini users.

Thursday, August 10th, 2023