Exocortex releases Species rigging plugin for Softimage

Blend stock body types to create a base mesh, then apply a rig created by Animal Logic's Eric Thivierge.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R2b

Developer releases free ZBrush update and announces upcoming QRemesher retopology add-on.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

Interview: Avatar mocap producer James Knight

The man who put the moves into James Cameron's masterpiece reveals how he brought planet Pandora to life.

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Indie animations beat Pixar to 2012 Oscar shortlist

A Cat in Paris and Chico and Rita squeeze out Cars 2 and Tintin from the best animated feature line-up.

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Blu-ray review: Real Steel

The Digital Domain-enhanced boxing flick is much more than Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots: The Movie.

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2.1

Parametric texture-authoring tool gets updated layer stack, improved SVG tools and revamped website.

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

The making of Origami Digital's VFX for Bunraku

The LA studio discusses its inventive visuals for the Eastern-inspired Josh Hartnett crime thriller.

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Tilt Firefox add-on turns webpages into 3D models

Updated: see the CG Channel homepage as a 3D model, courtesy of this quirky OBJ export plugin.

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

Eye candy: Archetype

Watch legendary creature designer Aaron Sims' dark science-fiction short online in its entirety.

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Pixar launches RenderMan On Demand online service

Take the strain off your render farm by uploading RenderMan rendering jobs to the cloud.

Friday, January 20th, 2012

See Wayne Robson Mudbox training DVDs for free

Autodesk's only Mudbox Master makes ten of his legendary tutorial DVDs free to view on his new site.

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Anzovin Studio develops Maya onion skinning plugin

Sign up now to beta test the new animation tool, due for a commercial release next month.

Friday, January 20th, 2012

CG industry reacts to SOPA/PIPA web blackout

We round up the players taking sides in yesterday's piracy law online action, both pro and anti.

Thursday, January 19th, 2012