Get animation tool TAFA free
Veteran morph-based facial animation tool available as a free download. The UI shows its age, but many users still swear by it.
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
LightWave
e-on software ships Vue R4 and PlantFactory R4
Vue gets automated real-world terrain data import; PlantFactory gets 3ds Max and Maya plugins.
Friday, December 13th, 2019
Rizom-Lab releases RizomUV 2019.1 VS and RS
UV unwrapping tools for DCC work and product design now run on Linux as well as Windows, macOS.
Friday, December 6th, 2019
WTools3D ships LWCAD 2018.3
Big free update to the LightWave modelling toolkit adds new tools for UV mapping NURBS surfaces and for converting quads to NURBS.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2019
Download Toolchefs' open-source Maya animation tools
Updated: get a new camera lattice deformer free as well as the harmonic deformer, soft IK solver and key reducer.
Monday, September 9th, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R3 and PlantFactory R3
Vue gets new orthographic camera and support for V-Ray Next; both apps get better Substance support.
Monday, August 19th, 2019
Reallusion releases iClone Unreal Live Link
Plugin transfers iClone characters, lights and cameras to UE4 for real-time rendering, but it isn't cheap.
Friday, July 26th, 2019
NewTek ships LightWave 2019.1
Free quality-of-life update adds new navigation modes in Layout and Modeler, improvements to FBX interchange and the UE4 bridge.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.5
LightWave fluid simulation plugin gets new foam and white water system; improved memory usage.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R2 and PlantFactory R2
Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Vizrt buys NewTek
Real-time broadcast graphics firm buys the LightWave developer, though the focus of the deal is NewTek's own broadcast tech.
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Review: Nvidia Titan RTX
Nvidia's new Turing GPU offers the power of a workstation card at a lower price. Jason Lewis puts it through his real-world 3D tests.
Monday, March 18th, 2019
Review: AMD Radeon Pro WX 8200
Jason Lewis tests AMD's latest workstation graphics card against two of the competing Nvidia GPUs.
Thursday, February 14th, 2019