The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to ZBrush 2022
Get started in digital sculpting with the latest version of Gnomon's popular ZBrush tutorial series.
Monday, January 9th, 2023
Maya
Download 10 x 16K space HDRIs from ProductionCrate
Get 10 free high-res HDRIs suitable for rendering deep space scenes. EXR format, for commercial use.
Sunday, January 8th, 2023
Amazon open-sources Krakatoa, XMesh, Frost, Stoke
Volumetric rendererer and particle tools for 3ds Max and Maya now free via an Apache 2.0 licence.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2023
5 tips to get more from your 3D characters
[Sponsored] Discover how to reuse one character in many projects with Reallusion's Character Creator 4.1.
Thursday, December 29th, 2022
DeepMotion Animate 3D adds 'Avaturn' avatar-generation
Browser-based AI mocap tool gets new system for generating custom 3D avatars from simple selfies.
Friday, December 23rd, 2022
Tutorial: Creating a Realistic Humanoid 3D Character
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals VFX industry workflows for creating characters in ZBrush, Maya and Mari.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2022
Insydium's NeXus coming to Blender, Maya and 3ds Max
GPU-based Cinema 4D particle, liquid and granular fluid simulation tool due in new host apps in 2023.
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022
Autodesk open-sources Bifrost USD
Toolset for authoring USD scenes with the graph editor from Maya's Bifrost plugin now free under an Apache 2.0 licence.
Monday, December 12th, 2022
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.12
Sizeable update to the renderer adds support for Intel's OIDN for render denoising, plus multi-scattering in volumes like clouds.
Monday, December 12th, 2022
Reallusion ships AccuRig 1.1
Free tool automatically generates body and finger rigs for humanoid 3D characters. Check out its new time-saving symmetry options.
Friday, December 9th, 2022
Autodesk releases Maya 2023.3
3D animation tool to get workflow improvements to Proximity Wrap, the Graph Editor and Time Editor.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Rokoko launches free AI mocap tool Rokoko Video
Free browser-based tool generates animation in FBX and BVH format for use in apps like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.
Monday, December 5th, 2022
CG industry news round-up: November 2022
Amazon gets into crowd simulation, Autodesk buys into volumetric video, and Sketchfab goes 18+ only.
Monday, December 5th, 2022