10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.26
Read our pick of the new features, from water and volumetric clouds to Booleans and GPU lightmapping.
Friday, December 4th, 2020
Character Animation
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.0
Neat next-gen animation tool aims to rethink character work for VFX and feature animation pipelines.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.3 and Maya LT 2020.3
Latest updates improve character rigging and animation workflows with keyframe and mocap data.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R23
Major update to Cinema 4D adds new character animation tools, better UV editing, and integrates the $399 Magic Bullet Looks suite.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2020
Create subtle performances for your animated characters
Master nuance in animation with ILM lead animator Ted Lister's new tutorials for Gnomon Workshop.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020
Reallusion ships July 2020 updates to digital human tools
Check out the new features in Character Creator 3.3, iClone 7.8 and the SkinGen Premium plugin.
Thursday, July 23rd, 2020
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.25
Sizeable update to the free AAA game engine introduces new UI, plus white box testing and node-based landscape authoring tools.
Monday, July 20th, 2020
Crytek posts its 2021 CryEngine roadmap
Check out the features due in the next update to the game engine, now postponed from spring 2020.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020
Download Unity's free digital asset packs for The Heretic
Updated: download a new shape-shifting 'VFX character' from the eye-catching Unity tech demo.
Thursday, May 21st, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.25
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.23
Free game engine gets new cloth simulation system for clothing and environment assets, plus better character animation performance.
Monday, February 24th, 2020
iClone Unreal Live Link now free to indie users
Reallusion makes plugin originally priced at $1,490 free to artists earning less than $100,000/year.
Monday, January 20th, 2020