Tutorial: Mastering Body Mechanics in Maya
Discover a production-proven, time-saving character animation workflow with The Gnomon Workshop's new Maya masterclass.
Tuesday, September 10th, 2024
Character Animation
Puppeteer Overlap for Maya adds secondary motion to animations
Streamlined new tool automatically adds overlap and follow-through to increase the realism of character and creature animation.
Monday, September 9th, 2024
Reallusion releases iClone 8.5 and Character Creator 4.5
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
Check out the new features in Unigine 2.19
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
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2025.1
Check out the new features in this unexpected quality-of-life update to the character animation and mocap editing software.
Friday, August 2nd, 2024
Check out the new ML Deformer in Maya 2025.2
Latest update to the 3D software adds machine-learning-based tool to create fast approximations of complex character rigs.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2024
Basefount releases Animcraft 5.0
Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
5 key features in Blender 4.2
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
Get artist-friendly 3D animation software Akeystu for free
Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features
Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Get Procedural Anatomy for Houdini free in open beta
Promising tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.
Thursday, July 4th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating a Quadruped Rig for Production
Discover how to create production-quality rigs for four-legged creatures in The Gnomon Workshop's Maya masterclass.
Saturday, June 15th, 2024
Sneak peek: Houdini 20.5
See all the key features in the next major update to Houdini, from modeling, animation and simulation to the COPERNICUS framework.
Friday, June 14th, 2024