Eye candy: Blender's 2016 Cycles demo reel
See the best new work created using the open-source 3D app, from cartoon shorts to photorealistic VFX.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016
animation
CLO Virtual Fashion ships Marvelous Designer 6
Now shipping: Clothing design tool adds new options to edit 3D models directly and to retime animations.
Monday, September 12th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.13
New features in varied update range from Alembic support to the option to paint meshes inside the VR Editor.
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
Learn animation from Pixar's Michal Makarewicz
Sign up for the Annie Award-winning animator's two-day masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus in December.
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R18
Major update adds neat MoGraph options, object tracking, real-time knife tools, and Substance support.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Lucas Veber releases Auto-Rig Pro
Minions animator's $10 Blender add-on creates detailed, production ready full-body and facial rigs.
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Crowdsource your indie CG shorts with Artella
Updated: Use the GitHub-like online collaboraration platform for shorts and VR projects free until 2017.
Monday, August 22nd, 2016
Pixar open-sources its Universal Scene Description
Updated: New 'super Alembic' system for exchanging VFX scene data released officially. Plugins for Maya and Katana.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.3
Cool 'Blocks' functionality makes CG tools development platform's visual programming even more accessible to non-coders.
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
Point Render recreates Dürer and Doré in Houdini
Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.
Saturday, July 9th, 2016
The Krita Foundation releases Krita 3.0
Open-source digital paint package gets cool new 2D animation toolset, with export to commercial apps.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Nukeygara updates free public beta of Akeytsu
Updated: Beta 3.0 of next-gen animation system adds new weight painting and editing tools for skinning characters.
Tuesday, May 31st, 2016
Skuid may let non-animators do Disney-style animation
Cool new Autodesk Research tech uses readymade 'activators' to apply Disney's 12 principles of animation to any sketch.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016