Snappers unveils Snappers Wrinkles Designer

Crazy new Maya toolset will let you design wrinkles for 3D characters interactively and export to UE4.

Friday, October 16th, 2020

Lenovo releases 'world's first Threadripper Pro workstation'

Now shipping: see the prices and specs for the Lenovo P620 and AMD's Threadripper Pro CPUs.

Thursday, October 15th, 2020

J Cube unveils new standalone USD editing tool MUSE

Neat work-in-progress tool offers a 'fast, non-destructive' way to modify USD assets outside DCC apps.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Get Quixel's free Megascans plugin for Unreal Engine

Version 6.3 of the free plugin adds neat new vertex blend material, better LOD export for 3D plants.

Wednesday, October 14th, 2020

Adobe ships Substance Designer 2020.2

Material authoring software now updated to Substance Engine 8. Check out the new tools it brings.

Tuesday, October 13th, 2020

Go from zero to hero in Substance Painter 2020

Master Adobe's texturing software with The Gnomon Workshop's essential new introductory tutorial.

Monday, October 12th, 2020

Download 70 free low-poly 3D plant models

Get 70 free real-time 3D models of temperate grasses and flowers, created by artist Erhan Yilmaz.

Friday, October 9th, 2020

Check out fast 3ds Max cloth simulation plugin Dynamo

Deform Dynamics' real-time cloth simulation tool performs '10-100x faster' than Max's Cloth modifier.

Friday, October 9th, 2020

OctaneRender users to get World Creator for free

All part of a deal between Otoy and BiteTheBytes to link the GPU-based renderer and terrain generator.

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Autodesk ships Maya 2020.3 and Maya LT 2020.3

Latest updates improve character rigging and animation workflows with keyframe and mocap data.

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.26

Update to the free game engine officially replaces CryPhysics with PhysX, and improves the terrain and dynamic vegetation systems.

Thursday, October 8th, 2020

Watch VIEW Conference 2020 online for free

Leading VFX and animation festival becomes an online event - and you can watch all the livestreams free.

Wednesday, October 7th, 2020

MakeHDR creates HDRIs inside Nuke, Fusion or Natron

New plugin merges images into HDRIs inside OpenFX compositing apps. Free for resolutions up to 2K.

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020