New Rookies rankings reveal the world's best CG schools in 2023
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Saturday, October 28th, 2023
animation
Check out this procedural bird generator for Blender
Blenderesse's neat add-on generates animated 3D birds for use in the backgrounds of animations or motion graphics. Now free in beta.
Friday, October 27th, 2023
VFX breakdown | Strays | MPC
Check out the CG dogs MPC created for the canine comedy, with the help of Houdini/USD-based fur grooming toolset LOMA.
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.2
Sizeable update to the AI-assisted character animation software adds audio capabilities, plus support for USD files and quad meshes.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Krita 5.2 has been released
Check out the new features in the open-source digital painting app, including the Wide Color Gamut Color Selector and new text engine.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
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
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