How to create stylized facial rigs for production in Maya
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create professional rigs for cartoon-style characters.
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
Maya
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.1
Check out the new features in the next-gen animation and motion graphics software from the original creators of Maya's MASH toolset
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
Create 3d Characters releases Zoo Tools Pro 2.5
Check out the neat new animation features in the popular set of productivity-boosting Maya tools.
Saturday, May 8th, 2021
3ds Max Indie and Maya Indie now available in Latin America
See the full list of countries where indie artists can get lower-priced 3ds Max and Maya subscriptions.
Sunday, May 2nd, 2021
Maxon ships Redshift for Mac
Updated: Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini and Maya users can now run the renderer on Macs with M1 processors as well as AMD GPUs.
Friday, April 30th, 2021
Glassbox Technologies ships DragonFly 2.5
See what's new in the virtual camera system for Maya, Unity and UE4 and in its iOS companion app.
Friday, April 30th, 2021
AWS launches Amazon Nimble Studio for VFX and animation
New service lets users set up a complete production studio in the cloud. See the price, specs and supported software.
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
Godot 3.3 ships
Unexpectedly major update to the game engine adds a new web editor, new CPU lightmapper, and native support for Apple's M1 chips.
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Discover how to create FACS facial blendshapes in Maya
Master facial modelling for animation with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
Erik Lehmann ships RS UV Kit 2.0 for Maya
Handy workflow add-on streamlines common UV unfolding and UV packing tasks inside Maya.
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Chaos releases Phoenix 4.40 for 3ds Max and Maya
New update to the fluid simulator once known as Phoenix FD adds collision between floating objects.
Friday, April 16th, 2021
Epic Games launches MetaHuman Creator
Hotly tipped next-gen character creator now free in early access, along with 50 sample characters.
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
Nekki ships Cascadeur 2021.1
First commercial release of the unusual physics-based animation app adds neat new Auto Physics tool. Still free to indie users, too.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021