Imbalance releases Ragdoll for Blender 1.0
Much-praised Ragdoll Dynamics physics system, used by top VFX and games studios, is now available for Blender as well as Maya.
Friday, March 1st, 2024
Maya
Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5.7 for Maya and 5.8 for 3ds Max
Sizeable updates to the shattering and dynamics plugin add new Fast Stacking & Deactivation solver, new fracturing and simulation controls.
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 3.5.24
Production renderer gets native support for the hardware-accelerated ray tracing technology in Apple's new M3 processors.
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Maya Update 2
Maya edition of the renderer gets support for MaterialX, initial support for LookdevX, and the option to scatter lights with Chaos Scatter.
Monday, February 19th, 2024
Blender Foundation unveils Project Baklava
Check out Blender's work-in-progress layered animation system, including the roadmap, tech demos - and some very early UI mockups.
Friday, February 16th, 2024
Epic Games releases RealityScan 1.4
Check out the new features in the free photogrammetry app for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, including better scan cropping tools.
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
NVIDIA launches $625 RTX 2000 workstation GPU
New small-form-factor 16GB card is the cheapest Ada Generation pro GPU. See how it performs in CG apps like 3ds Max, Maya and V-Ray.
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
Tutorial: Animating a 3-Hit Combo for Games in Maya
Discover how to use mocap data to create a combat animation with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced six-hour tutorial.
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
Download NVIDIA's free da Vinci Workshop USD data set
Detailed interior scene provides a practical example of production-ready USD data structures for VFX or animation work.
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
Download free custom Houdini tools from Project Pegasus
Get the Flora plant-generation tools SideFX developed for its tech demo on creating open worlds with Houdini and Unreal Engine 5.
Sunday, February 4th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating Environment Art for Digital Production
Master current studio workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed six-hour guide to environment art.
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
Boris FX releases SynthEyes 2024.1
Check out the new features in the 3D tracking software, including better workflow with After Effects, Pricing also simplified.
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
See how Big Picture Studio de-aged Chow Yun-Fat for One More Chance
See how the studio created 3D facial replacements based on the Hong Kong action star's younger self for the 2023 comedy drama.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024