Rig and showcase 3D characters for free with AccuRig 1.3

Reallusion's free auto-rigging tool now also generates animated previews of your 3D characters to share with clients or collaborators.

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023

See the new ZBrush features from ZBrush Summit 2023

Check out the upcoming features in the digital sculpting software, including a neat new Replay system, and integrated Cinema 4D noises.

Monday, October 2nd, 2023

Epic Games lays off 16% of its employees, sells Bandcamp

But the firm 'continues to invest' in Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Megascans, Twinmotion and RealityCapture, despite 830 job cuts.

Friday, September 29th, 2023

Foundry cuts price of Education Collective

Students can now get one-year licences of Nuke, Katana, Mari and Modo for $99, if they don't already get them free as part of a course.

Friday, September 29th, 2023

Cell Fluids is a lightweight new real-time fluid solver for Blender

Check out the neat $20 Geometry Nodes-based add-on, capable of generating simple, good-looking fluid sims in 'semi-realtime'.

Wednesday, September 27th, 2023

Boonika Art Tools launches AAA Terrains and Erosion Mixer

Check out the library of 16K heightmaps for generating high-res terrains, and a new Blender tool for creating custom erosion effects.

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

Vicon releases Shōgun 1.12

Check out the latest features in Vicon's software for solving and cleaning data from its optical mocap systems.

Tuesday, September 26th, 2023

FAQs: Unity's new pricing and the Unity Runtime Fee

Latest planned 2024 pricing for the game engine relaxes the terms of the controversial new Unity Runtime Fee. Read our FAQs about the changes.

Monday, September 25th, 2023

Chaos releases Vantage 2.1

Real-time ray tracing renderer becomes first DCC app to support NVIDIA's DLSS 3.5 and its AI-trained Ray Reconstruction denoiser.

Friday, September 22nd, 2023

Download Ten24's free hi-res 3D scan of a female human head

Get a free 3D scan of a female head as FBX, OBJ, ZBrush and Blender files, with 8K PBR textures, plus 26 free makeup and dirt overlays.

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

10 insider tips for crafting a winning animation demo reel

DNEG Animation's Ling Han reveals his expert tips for crafting a killer showreel, using examples from his own student reel.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

Serif releases Affinity Photo 2.2

Check out the new features in the latest free update to the image-editing software, including support for OCIO 2 color management.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

Tutorial: Create Disintegration VFX in Houdini & Nuke

Discover how to turn a character to ash with The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023