Reallusion ships iClone 7.1
Update to real-time character animation tool overhauls the DoF system and animation timeline; adds paid-for Curve Editor plugin.
Wednesday, December 6th, 2017
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Insydium releases X-Particles 4 for Cinema 4D
Now shipping: big update to the particle simulation tool adds new liquid and fire solvers, cloth system.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
Appleseed renderer gets new native Maya plugin
Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
Foundry ships Cara VR 2.0
Nuke plugin toolset for streamlining common tasks on VR projects gets new stereo tools based on Ocula, plus support for 3D match-moving.
Monday, December 4th, 2017
The Gnomon Workshop ships Hyper-realistic Insect Design
Model, texture and render realistic insects in ZBrush, Maya and Substance Painter with Eric Keller's detailed tutorial.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Download 45 free explosion SFX from ActionVFX
Get 45 sound clips of fireballs, dirt explosions and breaking glass, plus 15 free fractured glass textures.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Get 21 free hard-surface alphas for ZBrush and Substance
Download Dan Rožański's handy free alpha masks for creating bolts, pipes, valves, vents and panelling.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
Eye candy: Foundry's 2017 showreel
See the best work created with Nuke and Mari, from Rogue One and Doctor Strange to ads and VR.
Friday, December 1st, 2017
Sketchfab's models of the month: November 2017
See the month's best real-time models, like this bust by Firaxis Games lead character artist Matthew Kean.
Friday, December 1st, 2017
F12 ships The Grove Release 5
Blender-based tree-creation tool gets support for wind animation. Results can be exported to other apps in FBX or Alembic format.
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Autodesk to lay off a further 13% of its workforce
Cuts to be made by cancellation of entire projects rather than trimming product teams across the board.
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
Watch monstrously good VFX short The Ningyo in full online
Watch Miguel Ortega's 30-minute VFX short, then discover how the movie's CG creatures were created.
Tuesday, November 28th, 2017
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 6.0
All-in-one compositing and effects tool gets new editing and 2D animation options. Price down $50, but you no longer get Ignite Pro.
Friday, November 24th, 2017