Animate like Pixar artists with F.A.S.T. for 3ds Max
Clovis Gay's new plugin provides a fast, intuitive rigging workflow inspired by Pixar's Presto software,
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014
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Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 3.3
Maya crowd simulator adds support for blendshape animaion - as shown in a rather endearing demo video.
Saturday, August 16th, 2014
Eye candy: Side Effects' Houdini 2014 demo reel
Watch things fall down, blow up and wash away in the latest showcase of the cutting edge of simulation.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Five technologies to watch: Akeytsu
Updated: See the first video of this interesting tool that aims to rethink animation for artists, not TDs.
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Watch the Siggraph 2014 animation festival winners
Not all of them can be shown online in full yet, but we've got extended clips and making-ofs for the others.
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards
See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
RebelHill releases RHiggit! V2 for LightWave
Rig and animate anything from birds and bats to arachnids with Craig Monins' powerful modular toolset.
Thursday, July 3rd, 2014
CG Channel is on holiday this week
Normal news coverage resumes on Monday 30 June. Find out what will be happening on the site until then.
Monday, June 23rd, 2014
Eye candy: the world's best student CG art
Six Gnomon graduates won prizes at this year's CG Student Awards. See all of their winning work here.
Friday, June 6th, 2014
Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 4.2
Updated: sizeable new update to engine to add new IK solver and camera animation system.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
Shotgun announces first ever Pipeline Awards
New awards for tools devs to recognise unsung heroes who make VFX movies and games possible.
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
Videos: set up Pixar-style rigging in Max and Maya
Harry Houghton's tutorials show how to create animation controls similar to Pixar's Presto software.
Monday, May 12th, 2014