Toolchefs ships Atoms VFX 4.0 and AtomsUnreal 2.0
Crowd animation system for Maya and Houdini gets new behaviour tree. UE4 plugin also now updated.
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021
Alembic
Otoy ships Sculptron 1.1
GPU-based tool for sculpting animation caches gets initial support for Alembic, plus option to use procedural textures as alphas.
Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Deep FX Studio 1.3 ships
Check out the new features in Deep FX World's standalone multiphysics simulation and procedural animation software.
Tuesday, May 4th, 2021
The Grove Release 10a is now shipping
F12's popular tree generator now lets you create new branches by sketching directly in the viewport.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Reallusion ships iClone 7.9
Real-time character animation tool gets AccuLips automated lip-sync system, new 'Expression Plus' set of scan-based facial blend shapes.
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
Get a free 46,080 x 23,040px displacement map of the Moon
Download this detailed free texture map to recreate the lunar surface in 3D. Licensed for commercial use.
Sunday, February 21st, 2021
Get a free 43,200 x 21,600px displacement map of the Earth
Create detailed renders of the planet's surface from space with this huge free 16-bit texture map.
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
Wysilab ships Instant Terra 1.15
Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including new options for searching for and importing real-world terrain data.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Download the project files for Epic Games' Meerkat demo
Get the rigged 3D characters from Epic's beautiful new Unreal Engine demo free in Maya and UE4 format.
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.26
Read our pick of the new features, from water and volumetric clouds to Booleans and GPU lightmapping.
Friday, December 4th, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.91
Open-source 3D app gets another major update. Read our five-minute run-down of all the key changes.
Thursday, November 26th, 2020
Quixel ships Bridge 2020.4
Check out the latest workflow improvements in Quixel's free tool for exporting Megascans assets to DCC apps and game engines.
Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
Boris FX ships Mocha Pro 2021
Big update to the planar tracking software makes it possible to track organic surfaces, for digital make-up, or replacing logos on clothing.
Thursday, November 12th, 2020