Southpaw Technology ships five new Tactic apps

New extensions of the open-source asset-management system include dedicated app for VFX studios.

Friday, September 26th, 2014

Download the free Mery character rig for Maya

Check out the Mery Project's impressive free rigged character. Ideal for student and demo work.

Wednesday, September 24th, 2014

SolidAngle releases Arnold for Houdini

New Houdini to Arnold plugin now available to download alongside the Maya and Softimage versions.

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

e-on ships Vue 2014.6 and PlantFactory 2014.6

Updated: Non-commercial Personal Learning Editions of both apps now available for the 2014.6 editions.

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014

Michael Gibson releases MoI 3

Long-awaited update to intuitive NURBS modeller adds lots of nice new tools, plus multi-touch support.

Monday, September 22nd, 2014

Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.5

VFX-friendly paint app gets new cloud sculpting toolset, plus updated environment-creation tools.

Thursday, September 18th, 2014

Video: see Frostbite and Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8

Updated: download Epic Games' free Zen Garden demo to try Unreal Engine 4 on iOS 8 for yourself.

Thursday, September 18th, 2014

CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 4

3D clothing creation tool used on Tintin and The Hobbit adds FBX import, new Quadrangulate option.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

Sigrasoft ships WaxLab 3d sculpting plugin for Maya

Updated: Stefaan Sorensen's new plugin puts Mudbox-style tools right inside Maya. Now available on Linux.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

Janos Hunyadi releases PolyPaint importer for Maya

Scanline VFX artist's handy free tool gets ZBrush texture data into Maya without the need to set up UVs.

Wednesday, September 17th, 2014

10 questions for... creature creator Carlos Huante

The veteran artist tells us about his work, and the importance of not compromising with money men.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 1409

Update adds new Cliffhanger mode for trackers at edge of image, extra rules for the Synthia voice-and-text control system.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014

Ten24 ships Skull Sketcher anatomy reference app

Free tool shows male and female skulls from any angle, under any lighting, in outline or realistic views.

Tuesday, September 16th, 2014