Epic Games launches MetaHuman Creator
Hotly tipped next-gen character creator now free in early access, along with 50 sample characters.
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
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Nvidia announces pricing and new plugins for Omniverse
Studios will pay to use the hotly tipped open collaboration system, but individual artists can use it free.
Monday, April 12th, 2021
Reallusion ships iClone 7.9
Real-time character animation tool gets AccuLips automated lip-sync system, new 'Expression Plus' set of scan-based facial blend shapes.
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
Reallusion releases Character Creator 3.4
Real-time 3D character-creation tool gets new Smart Hair system of modular hairstyles and facial hair.
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
mGear team ships mGear 3.7
Big update to the open-source Maya rigging framework adds new tools to auto-rig game characters, and for using mGear rigs in UE4.
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
Download Nvidia's Omniverse and Omniverse Create
Updated: new connection plugins available for Nvidia's collaboration platform, now in free public beta.
Friday, February 26th, 2021
Black Friday and winter 2020 deals for CG artists
Updated: Check out our list of great seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.
Monday, November 30th, 2020
MakeHuman 1.2 ships
Open-source 3D character creator gets new tools for authoring skin materials and character variations, new Blender integration plugin.
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Create free, facially rigged CG characters with MB-Lab 1.7.8
Promising open-source tool can now create 3D characters licensed for use in commercial games work.
Wednesday, August 5th, 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
Reallusion reveals iClone 2020 product roadmap
Updated: see the new cloth physics transfer system due in iClone 7.8 and the UE4 live link next month.
Thursday, June 25th, 2020
Reallusion reveals Character Creator 2020 product roadmap
Updated: See previews of the new eye and body meshes due in Character Creator 3.3 next month.
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Reallusion previews SkinGen
Neat new skin-generation toolset for Character Creator generates detailed human skin complete with pores, wrinkles, blemishes and hair.
Monday, June 1st, 2020