Rokoko launches facial capture add-on for its mocap systems

New iPhone X app lets you capture facial animation alongside full-body data and stream it to UE4, Unity or MotionBuilder.

Friday, July 12th, 2019

Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2

VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

Download four new free Renderpeople 3D characters

Includes an animated male figure and two rigged female figures. Multiple common 3D formats; for commercial use.

Monday, July 8th, 2019

Download Justen Lazarro's free Ultimate Trim texturing tools

Neat add-ons automate Insomniac Games' fast environment asset workflow in 3ds Max, Blender and the Substance apps.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019

Pixar releases Opensubdiv 3.4

Open-source subdivision library used in many DCC tools now supports same feature set for Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Yeti fur plugin goes back on sale in the United States

Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019

Check out virtual production tools BeeHive and DragonFly

Updated: new Unreal Engine and Unity-compatible virtual camera system DragonFly is now shipping.

Friday, June 28th, 2019

Autodesk to stop issuing activation codes for older apps

Activation to cease for the 2010 editions this year; then for most Autodesk software more than three versions old in 2021.

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

Master volumetric effects in Houdini

Discover how to create clouds, smoke and fog with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed masterclass.

Saturday, June 22nd, 2019

Basefount ships Miarmy 7.0

Maya crowd simulation tool now supports a wider range of character rigs for crowd agents. Viewport and rendering performance improved.

Thursday, June 13th, 2019

Watch a free masterclass on designing futuristic vehicles

See concept designer Gurmukh Bhasin's 150-minute talk at Gnomon next week, or watch it free online.

Wednesday, June 12th, 2019

Epic Games acquires Shave and a Haircut

Version 9.6 of the veteran Maya hair plugin to be released free to UE4 users, including source code.

Thursday, June 6th, 2019

Chaos Group ships V-Ray Next for 3ds Max Update 2

Renderer gets new toon shader, debug shading, memory tracking tools, and updates to V-Ray GPU.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2019