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Minions animator's $10 Blender add-on creates detailed, production ready full-body and facial rigs.

Monday, August 22nd, 2016

Expresii 1.0 ships

Now shipping: promising $59 digital painting system uses fluid dynamics to mimic real brush-and-ink strokes.

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016

Unique new cloud-based platform for budgeting VFX projects is based on system used on films like Avatar.

Monday, August 1st, 2016

Now shipping: Sketch forms in 3D space and export them as OBJs with this neat new app. Free Lite edition; full version is $20/year.

Monday, August 1st, 2016

Updated: New 'super Alembic' system for exchanging VFX scene data released officially. Plugins for Maya and Katana.

Wednesday, July 27th, 2016

New 3ds Max edition of the Academy Award-winning crowd simulator is V-Ray ready; includes free $3,000 'Ambient Agent'.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

RenderMan-compliant production renderer gets new Katana edition with improved support for OSL.

Friday, July 15th, 2016

Popular 3ds Max hair plugin now out for Maya. Supports Nucleus physics and Arnold, V-Ray, Redshift and RenderMan rendering.

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

Now shipping: Chimney VFX artist Jan Białek's Houdini plugin renders 3D models in striking classical graphic styles.

Saturday, July 9th, 2016

New native Modo version of renderer uses same core tech as Max and Maya versions, but costs $340 less.

Wednesday, July 6th, 2016

Cool new character animation plugin rigs anything from bipeds to creepy crawlies in a few clicks.

Thursday, June 30th, 2016

Now shipping: New $795 edition of the fluid simulator is 'fully integrated' inside C4D, though it lacks some advanced tools.

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016