Create free CG characters with Manuel Bastioni Lab 1.6.1
Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
facial animation
Nukeygara ships Akeytsu 1.0
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
Adobe releases Character Animator CC
Videos: Commercial release of the 2D animation tool adds pose-to-pose option, new collision system.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Fabric Software announces Fabric Engine 2.6
Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.
Friday, August 4th, 2017
Reallusion ships iClone 7
Now shipping: Big update to 3D character animation software adds new morph animation toolset, PBR viewport, HDRI baking, real-time GI.
Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Adobe releases Character Animator CC Beta 2
Intuitive puppet animation tool gets new walk cycle system, plus option to edit visemes in the timeline.
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
Basefount ships Miarmy 5.2
Maya crowd simulation software gets new blendshape pipeline for handling facial animation, plus new tools for editing simulation caches.
Monday, February 20th, 2017
Blender Cloud releases BlenRig 5
Download the first offical release of the 'feature film quality' auto-rigging and skinning system for Blender.
Monday, January 18th, 2016
Mari and RV's creators win Sci-Tech Academy Awards
Other 'tech Oscars' go to in-house teams at Laika, ILM, DreamWorks, Rhythm & Hues and Imageworks.
Monday, January 11th, 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
Eisko ships PBR character shader pack for Unity 5
SSS skin shader used in digital doubles firm's real-time demos now available via the Unity Asset Store.
Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Faceware Technologies announces Faceware Live
Markerless facial-capture specialist announces new real-time system for broadcast and on-set pre-viz.
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Joe Alter releases LipService 6.5 for Maya
Updated with new video: sculpting and rigging toolset gets muscle system similar to Weta's Tissue.
Friday, May 31st, 2013