Discover 15 of the best animation tools for Maya
Check out Brent Forrest's handy list of add-ons at LesterBanks.com - all but one of them available for free.
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
Character Animation
The Foundry ships Modo 10.2
Videos: Big new update revamps MeshFusion, adds new procedural modelling and auto retopology options. See them all in action here.
Thursday, October 13th, 2016
Download the free Allright Rig for Unreal Engine
Beta of Alexander Shatalov's promising rigging and animation add-on for UE4 now free to all.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Reallusion releases Character Creator 1.5
New features in free app for creating rigged human characters include improved FBX export and clothing design options.
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
Learn animation from Pixar's Michal Makarewicz
Sign up for the Annie Award-winning animator's two-day masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus in December.
Friday, September 2nd, 2016
Side Effects Software unveils Houdini roadmap
New features in Houdini 16 likely to include guided fluid sims, new muscle system, 'ground-up rewrite' of the node networks.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Maya 2017
Update adds new clip-based Time Editor, more XGen and Bifrost simulation options. Arnold now installed by default, not mental ray.
Monday, July 25th, 2016
PSOFT releases CharacterBox for Modo
Cool new character animation plugin rigs anything from bipeds to creepy crawlies in a few clicks.
Thursday, June 30th, 2016
Videos: the best of Siggraph 2016’s technical papers
Watch our pick of the show's hottest research - from new ways to 3D print Moomins to Schrödinger's Smoke.
Monday, May 30th, 2016
Marmoset's GDC reel hints at new features in Toolbag 3
Video: Beautiful new reel shows particle effects and character animation rendered using the real-time viewer.
Friday, March 18th, 2016
10 killer tips for better character animation
DreamWorks veteran Sébastien Wojda provides his expert tips for creating better character animation.
Monday, September 7th, 2015
Adobe acquires Mixamo
Online animation platform's core tech to be integrated into Photoshop; other services to be migrated to Creative Cloud.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
Adobe unveils After Effects CC 2015
Neat update to improve core performance, and add new facial tracking and Project Animal 2D animation tools.
Friday, April 10th, 2015