5 key features for CG artists in Godot 4.3
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source game engine, including updates to shader editing, animation and rendering.
Friday, August 16th, 2024
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DivineCut and DivinePrint simplify creating 3D clothes in Blender
Fast-evolving plugin and its new texturing extension create animation ready clothing for 3D characters via a fast, intuitive workflow.
Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.13
Check out the new features in the desktop and virtual reality modeling application, including this new light UI theme.
Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
OpenUSD now supports Vulkan
Universal Scene Description's HgiVulkan backend is intended to make Vulkan a 'more compelling option' for tools developers.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2024
Recreate the moon in UE5 with Cesium's free moon terrain data
Detailed free dataset based on NASA imagery can be used with Cesium's open-source plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine.
Sunday, August 11th, 2024
Tutorial: Introduction to Maya 2025: UV Toolkit
Master UV work for games, VFX and motion graphics with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed introduction to Maya's UV tools.
Saturday, August 10th, 2024
Radical now supports real-time finger tracking
Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.
Friday, August 9th, 2024
Call of Duty: Warzone's Caldera map is now a free USD data set
Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.
Thursday, August 8th, 2024
Blender will support online asset libraries
Future releases of the open-source 3D software will also come pre-configured with a remote library of CC0 brushes, materials and meshes.
Thursday, August 8th, 2024
Machina Fractals plugins create 3D fractals in Unreal Engine 5
Machina Fractals: Essence, Machina Fractals: Mecha and new plugin Machina Fractals: Ultima create amazing real-time 3D forms.
Thursday, August 8th, 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
QuadSpinner releases Gaea 2.0
Check out the new features in this major update to the terrain design tool, and its new integration plugins for Houdini and Unreal Engine.
Thursday, August 1st, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.0
Material authoring software gets new color-manipulation nodes for stylizing images and generating color palettes and ID maps.
Thursday, August 1st, 2024