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character rigging

Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, like HDR Light Studio, free Maya rigging toolset mGear, and SwitchX, Beeble's VFX AI model.

Sunday, September 13th, 2026

Discover what's new in CG tools including LiquiGen, Unity, and free apps RealityScan Mobile, 3DGS Render for Blender, and Sisir.

Monday, September 7th, 2026

Discover how understanding real-world physics principles helps animators create better shots with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Saturday, August 29th, 2026

Neat add-on lets animators import and scrub through reference video directly inside Maya - and now to edit entire reference sequences.

Tuesday, August 11th, 2026

Varied update to the AI-assisted animation tool adds new animation layer system, easing controls for interpolation, and BVH import.

Thursday, August 6th, 2026

Games artist Adrian Melian's tool rigs and skins characters and exports USD files for use in Maya, UE5 or Blender. Free to indie artists.

Thursday, August 6th, 2026

Base edition of Poly Hammer's Blender add-on for importing and exporting MetaHuman .dna files is now a free download.

Friday, July 17th, 2026

Check out the latest features in Houdini, from a complete new 3D Gaussian Splatting toolset to major updates to KineFX and Copernicus.

Thursday, July 16th, 2026

Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from cloth physics in Geometry Nodes to a big change to Cycles.

Tuesday, July 14th, 2026

Major update to the soft tissue simulation add-on for Maya and Houdini adds new machine learning toolset. See all the new features.

Thursday, July 2nd, 2026

Read our pick of the latest features in Unreal Engine, from Mesh Terrain to MetaHuman Crowds, by way of new rigging and animation tools.

Wednesday, June 17th, 2026

Get a free Maya creature rig with both body and facial controls, created using Maya character rigging framework BEAR.

Sunday, June 14th, 2026

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, from updates to Copernicus to tools to train, relight and rig Gaussian Splats.

Monday, June 8th, 2026