Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 2.0

Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool gets big render speed boost, new behaviour modules, Python plugins system.

Wednesday, August 8th, 2018

Polywink creates blendshapes and rigs for any head model

Digital doubles firm Eisko's new online service also readies 3D avatars for animation on iPhone X.

Wednesday, July 25th, 2018

Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 3.0

Powerful Maya fur and feathers plugin gets new Braids geometry type, support for layered grooms, option to scatter points on fibres.

Friday, July 20th, 2018

Unity Technologies releases Unity 2018.2

Lots of features, including a new physical camera model, but the GPU lightmapper hasn't made it.

Thursday, July 12th, 2018

Foundry ships Flix 5.4

Pro 'story development' tool gets new options when drawing storyboard panels in Photoshop and publishing to Premiere Pro.

Monday, July 9th, 2018

e-on ships Vue 2016 R6 and PlantFactory 2016 R6

PlantFactory gets new diamond mode for leaves, more flower controls. Speed boosts in Vue.

Friday, June 29th, 2018

Master VFX workflows for games in Unreal Engine

Riot Games artist Jeremy Griffith's detailed Gnomon tutorial provides over nine hours of UE4 training.

Friday, June 22nd, 2018

Foundry ships Modo 12.1

Varied update adds new integrated VR viewport, new hard-surface animation options, improved modelling and UV packing tools.

Thursday, June 21st, 2018

Google open-sources Seurat

Updated: Free tech converts offline renders to 3D geometry for use in mobile VR. Has exporters for Maya, Unity, UE4 - and now 3ds Max.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2018

Download free Houdini motion graphics toolset MOPs

Neat set of open-source assets streamlines the creation of common motion graphics effects.

Saturday, June 16th, 2018

Allegorithmic updates Substance Source library

Updated: Online library hosts 1,000+ materials in Substance format, designed for PBR workflows. Download some for free.

Thursday, June 7th, 2018

AAA Studio makes FurryBall RT renderer available 'free'

GPU renderer for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D now discontinued, but still available for a "symbolic price" of €29/year.

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

Chaos Group on V-Ray Next and the future of rendering

V-Ray Next is a landmark update. Chaos Group reveals the thinking behind it, and the forces shaping rendering tools.

Thursday, May 31st, 2018