Blender's new Vulkan rendering backend has gone live
'Highly experimental' replacement for OpenGL for real-time and viewport rendering now available in alpha builds of Blender 4.1.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
Blender
Reallusion ships ZBrush Face Tools
New plugin makes it easier to refine head meshes from Character Creator in ZBrush, including sculpting custom expressions.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
Check out text-to-3D service Masterpiece X - Generate
Browser-based service generates low-poly 3D props and characters for indie games or AR projects from simple text descriptions.
Monday, October 16th, 2023
DeepMotion launches DeepMotion Animate 3D 5.0
Big update to the browser-based AI mocap system makes it possible to capture up to eight characters from a single video.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Nick Kallen ships Plasticity 1.3
Sizeable update to the popular lightweight NURBS modeller adds radial menus, better filleting - and a new live link to Blender.
Monday, October 9th, 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
Animate Anything uses AI to rig your 3D characters
Online service rigs 3D humanoids, animals and vehicles for use in real-time applications. Now comes with 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and UE5 add-ons.
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Blender 4.0 will let you create your own node-based tools
New Node Tools system will let artists package groups of Geometry Nodes into standard Edit Mode menu commands.
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
Cell Fluids is a lightweight new real-time fluid solver for Blender
Check out the neat $20 Geometry Nodes-based add-on, capable of generating simple, good-looking fluid sims in 'semi-realtime'.
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
Boonika Art Tools launches AAA Terrains and Erosion Mixer
Check out the library of 16K heightmaps for generating high-res terrains, and a new Blender tool for creating custom erosion effects.
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
Download Ten24's free hi-res 3D scan of a female human head
Get a free 3D scan of a female head as FBX, OBJ, ZBrush and Blender files, with 8K PBR textures, plus 26 free makeup and dirt overlays.
Thursday, September 21st, 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 ships Redshift 3.5.19
Check out the new features in the production renderer, and its Blender, Cinema 4D and Houdini plugins.
Thursday, September 14th, 2023