Alexey Vanzhula releases Soft Boolean for Houdini
Real-time Boolean modelling toolkit can also be used inside apps that support Houdini Engine, like Maya.
Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Maya
Get Adobe's Substance and Mixamo plugins for Blender
Updated: new free plugin for editing Substance materials inside Blender now also works on Linux.
Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
Redshift goes subscription-only
Perpetual licences of the GPU renderer discontinued in favour of subscription plans. See the prices for individuals and teams here.
Tuesday, August 31st, 2021
UnPLUG tools ships TopoWrap
New $45 Maya retopology plugin transfers the proportions of a raw 3D scan to a low-poly mesh suitable for use in animation work.
Sunday, August 29th, 2021
Weta Digital unveils WetaH
New cloud service to provide studios of all sizes with access to the Academy Award-winning VFX facility's in-house Houdini tools.
Saturday, August 28th, 2021
Master the art of grooming CG hair in XGen
Create hair for a male character in Maya's XGen toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, August 22nd, 2021
3d-io ships Unwrella 4 for 3ds Max and Maya
Free update to the UV unwrapping tool adds neat UV packing system and Projection unwrapping mode.
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Redshift gets new 'Easy' UI
Redshift 3.0.51 update streamlines the GPU renderer's user interface. Blender plugin gets support for OSL shaders and UDIM textures.
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Nvidia unveils RTX A2000
New $450 cellphone-sized 6GB GPU is Nvidia's smallest and cheapest Ampere workstation card. Check out its key technical specs.
Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
Nvidia unveils new Substance 3D plugin for Omniverse
Just one of a new round of updates to Nvidia's collaboration platform to be announced at Siggraph 2021.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
Autodesk ships Bifrost for Maya 2.3
Maya's multiphysics plugin now lets you adjust properties interactively, and see the results in real time.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
Master creature grooming techniques in Houdini
Learn to style digital hair and fur with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to current VFX workflows.
Monday, August 9th, 2021
Discover how to animate a creature walk cycle in Maya
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the key principles of realistic quadruped walk cycles.
Saturday, August 7th, 2021