The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019
Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
Mixamo
Adobe discontinues Fuse
Free 3D character generator will not be updated for macOS 10.15 next month, and all downloads will be removed in September 2020.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R21
Release scraps the four lower-end editions of the software and introduces new subscription plans. See all of the new features here.
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
Rokoko launches facial capture add-on for its mocap systems
New iPhone X app lets you capture facial animation alongside full-body data and stream it to UE4, Unity or MotionBuilder.
Friday, July 12th, 2019
Gnomon releases Pre-Visualization for Film
Master modern previs workflows with ex-20th Century Fox previs supervisor Jason Michael Hall's essential guide.
Friday, June 2nd, 2017
Eisko launches automated online facial rigging service
Rig on Demand system generates a complete bone and blendshape based rig for any humanoid head.
Thursday, October 20th, 2016
Adobe acquires Mixamo
Online animation platform's core tech to be integrated into Photoshop; other services to be migrated to Creative Cloud.
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2015
Mixamo rolls out Mixamo 2.0
Online animation service gets faster, WebGL-based site. Autorigging tool now free to use on some characters.
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015
Mixamo launches Starter and Indie pricing plans
$50/month gets you ten animations, plus access to the character creator, facial mocap and decimation tools.
Friday, August 22nd, 2014
Epic Games previews Unreal Engine 4.4
New car paint shading model, and updates to Persona. Subscribers also get 7 free Mixamo animations.
Monday, August 4th, 2014
Mixamo to update Fuse
Updated: Character-creation tool to get option to edit meshes directly, not just by combining body parts.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
MakeHuman reaches stable 1.0.0 milestone release
Pioneering open-source character creator now boasts a base mesh optimised for ZBrush and Mudbox.
Monday, March 17th, 2014
Mixamo releases Fuse 'universal character creator'
Free tool generates custom male and female characters in OBJ format, licensed for commercial use.
Friday, January 24th, 2014