Chris Zurbrigg releases Blue Pencil for Maya
New plugin lets you draw over the 3D viewport to rough out animation, sketch layouts or mark up shots.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012
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Marius Silaghi releases Jiggle for 3ds Max
New plugin simulates muscle and skin sliding without complex rigs; results in unnerving demo video.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Valve releases Source Filmmaker machinima tool
Updated: In-house movie-making toolset now out of closed beta and free to anyone with a Steam account.
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012
Eye candy: New Rise of the Guardians trailer
See Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman as you have never seen them before.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Project focus: the making of Exoids
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Eye candy: Stadium UK
Passion Pictures' spot for the London 2012 Olympics captures the magic of the Games without the PR hype.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Eye candy: Ladybug
See Chilean studio Leyenda's calling card to the cinematics market, done in just seven weeks of part-time work.
Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
Eye candy: Beyond the Sea
Paprika meets the land of Guinness, in this short, sweet and anime-inspired Annecy festival opener.
Thursday, June 28th, 2012
Watch the Siggraph 2012 animation festival winners
Entry restrictions mean that not all can be shown online in full, but we've found exactly 45% of them.
Monday, June 25th, 2012
Joe Alter ships LipService w/LBrush for Maya
Make changes on top of existing rigs and simulations with this innovative facial rigging and sculpting toolset.
Friday, June 15th, 2012
Anzovin Studio ships Onion Skinner for Maya
Get the pose-to-pose control of traditional animation inside Maya with this inexpensive new plugin.
Thursday, June 7th, 2012
Isotropix announces Clarisse iFX
New hybrid renderer, compositor and animation package 'reinvents' how artists create final images.
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
Luxion ships KeyShot 3.2
Update to real-time rendering tool improves materials workflow, adds support for Maya 2013 scenes.
Thursday, May 24th, 2012