Sneak peek: Houdini 20
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
animation
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.1
Latest update to the 3D design and animation app is mainly a bugfix release, but there are performance improvements to MoGraph.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Foundry releases Nuke 15.0, NukeX 15.0, Nuke Studio 15.0
Check out the new features in the compositing and editorial software, including native Apple Silicon and OpenAssetIO support.
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Tutorial: Animating a Complex Fight Action Sequence in Maya
Improve the clarity and phyicality of your animation with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced masterclass.
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
Epic Games to start charging to use Unreal Engine for VFX
UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.4
Check out the latest changes to renderer, including better toon shading and faster rendering of mesh lights.
Thursday, October 5th, 2023
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
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
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
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
Wonder Studio now does standalone AI motion capture
Check out the AI-based VFX tool's new option to extract body and hand mocap data from video, and its new credit-based pricing.
Friday, September 15th, 2023
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024
Check out the new features in the 3D modeling and motion graphics software, including new simulation, normal editing and sculpting tools.
Thursday, September 14th, 2023