Check out the new ML Deformer in Maya 2025.2
Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
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Autodesk launches Flow Generative Scheduling
AI tech helps VFX and animation studios generate variant schedules for projects to assess the impact of deadline and staffing changes.
Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Tutorial: Race Vehicle Concept Design
Discover how to design plausible near-future vehicles in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.
Sunday, July 28th, 2024
Group test: AMD Radeon Pro W7000 Series workstation GPUs
Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.
Thursday, July 25th, 2024
Free tool: Character Creator Auto Setup for 3ds Max
Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
Basefount releases Animcraft 5.0
Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Tutorial: Character Asset Creation for Cinematics - Vol. 1
Discover how to create a detailed, animation-ready fantasy character with Maya and ZBrush in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, July 21st, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.5
Check out the latest features in the 3D animation app, including updates to the particle and simulation tools, and a new Undo History.
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
5 key features in Blender 4.2
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from new digital sculpting tools and GPU compositing to 'Eevee Next'.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
Check out Blender crowd-creation tool Procedural Crowds Pro
Promising add-on for the open-source 3D app generates large animated background crowds from a library of scanned 3D characters.
Monday, July 15th, 2024
Get artist-friendly 3D animation software Akeystu for free
Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features
Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Tutorial: Real-Time VFX Fundamentals for Unreal Engine 5
Discover how to create an anime-style explosion effect in The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly game art tutorial.
Sunday, July 7th, 2024