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mocap

Check out the new motion-capture workflows enabled by the free update to the real-time animation tool and its paid Timecode plugin.

Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

Update to the character animation and mocap-editing software extends USD workflows. Check out all the changes here.

Thursday, March 27th, 2025

Check out the new features in the digital painting software for comics, illustrations and concept art, including the new Puppet Warp.

Saturday, March 15th, 2025

AI-based service for VFX and animation gets rebranded as part of Autodesk's Flow cloud platform. Check out its latest features.

Friday, March 14th, 2025

Animator Tal Minks' promising Maya plugin extracts hand animation from a standard webcam and bakes it to any five-fingered Maya character.

Monday, March 10th, 2025

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.

Friday, November 22nd, 2024

Newly rebranded plugin transfers 3D characters, shaders, rigs and animation from Character Creator and iClone to Blender.

Monday, November 18th, 2024

New video-to-3D-scene system 'brings artists closer to producing animated films' as well as VFX with the AI online film-making platform.

Thursday, October 31st, 2024

New 'open marketplace' replaces the Unreal Engine Marketplace and will replace the ArtStation and Sketchfab stores. Read our FAQs.

Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024

Try this browser-based tool for generating animated 3D avatars from video footage, photos or real-world measurements. Free in beta.

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Get free walks, runs, jumps and idle animations for games and motion graphics. Integrates with Blender, Daz Studio, Maya, Unity, and UE5.

Sunday, August 25th, 2024

Intuitive add-on can generate an animated 3D reconstruction of an actor's head from video footage, for animation. VFX or motion graphics.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024