Free tool EbSynth turns video into hand-painted animation

Now in beta: neat app applies the look of hand-painted stills to video. Now exports direct to After Effects.

Friday, August 14th, 2020

Unity reveals 2021 roadmap

See the new tools for games artists due in Unity 2020 LTS, 2021.1 and 2021.2 - plus a bonus for anyone with a free Personal subscription.

Friday, August 14th, 2020

Download free ZBrush workflow add-on FJTools 1.5

Handy plugin for managing and renaming SubTools gets new one-click system for remeshing sculpts.

Thursday, August 13th, 2020

Pixologic ships ZBrush 2021

Big update to the digital sculpting tool adds complete cloth creation and soft body dynamics toolset. Check out all the features here.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Check out cool new motion design tool Cavalry 1.0

Now shipping: new procedural animation app blends 'the power of 3D with the ease of use of 2D'.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2020

Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2020.2

Intuitive real-time visualisation tool gets new animation features, better water and vehicle paint materials.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2.1 for Nuke and Blender

Neat add-on for creating 3D head models from images now works with photos from multiple cameras.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2020

Foundry unveils Katana 4.0

Big update to the lighting and look dev tool to add new 'artist-focused' lighting workflows, support for multiple simultaneous test renders.

Monday, August 10th, 2020

Watch Gnomon's masterclass on creating a fantasy creature

Take a CG creature from concept to final render with Avengers artist Babak Bina's five-hour masterclass.

Monday, August 10th, 2020

Download 50 free 3D models of jungle plants

Get environment artist Baiquni Abdillah's 50 3D models of South East Asian trees, ferns and flowers.

Sunday, August 9th, 2020

Check out Nomad: a neat new iOS and Android sculpting app

Promising new app lets artists sculpt, paint and remesh detailed models on iPads or Android tablets.

Saturday, August 8th, 2020

Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal

New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.

Saturday, August 8th, 2020

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya

Now shipping: check out the new features in the next big update to the Maya edition of the renderer.

Friday, August 7th, 2020