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Character Animation

Sizeable update to the AI-assisted animation app adds AutoPhysics based character interaction, and support for facial blendshapes.

Thursday, September 12th, 2024

Discover a production-proven, time-saving character animation workflow with The Gnomon Workshop's new Maya masterclass.

Tuesday, September 10th, 2024

Streamlined new tool automatically adds overlap and follow-through to increase the realism of character and creature animation.

Monday, September 9th, 2024

iClone update extends the real-time animation tool's crowd simulations with smart props and accessories. See all the new features here.

Saturday, September 7th, 2024

Game engine gets support for multi-bounce lighting, OpenXR, and USD export. Free for use on projects earning under $100,000/year.

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.

Friday, August 2nd, 2024

Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from new digital sculpting tools and GPU compositing to 'Eevee Next'.

Tuesday, July 16th, 2024

Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.

Sunday, July 14th, 2024

Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.

Thursday, July 11th, 2024

Promising tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.

Thursday, July 4th, 2024

High-performance facial and full-body rig builder for animation, VFX and game characters is now free, including for commercial projects.

Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024