Reallusion ships Headshot 2.0
AI-assisted head-generation plugin for Character Creator can now turn 3D meshes - including partial facial scans - into full CC4 characters.
Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
morph
Create free, facially rigged CG characters with MB-Lab 1.7.8
Promising open-source tool can now create 3D characters licensed for use in commercial games work.
Wednesday, August 5th, 2020
Reallusion ships Headshot 1.0
AI-driven plugin for Character Creator generates 3D models of human heads from single source photos, with PBR texture maps.
Tuesday, November 19th, 2019
MagicPictures Software ships Aq Mesher and Aq Bullet
VFX house MagicPictures Studio's OpenVDB-based meshing and Bullet physics tools now available as 3ds Max plugins.
Monday, August 5th, 2019
Create free CG characters with Manuel Bastioni Lab 1.6.1
Updated: MakeHuman-style tool for creating custom 3D characters gets new hair library and hair shaders.
Sunday, January 28th, 2018
Paste models between 3D apps with this neat free tool
Paste geometry and UV maps between 3D packages with Oliver Hotz's OD_CopyPasteExternal.
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
Reallusion releases Character Creator 1.5
New features in free app for creating rigged human characters include improved FBX export and clothing design options.
Thursday, September 15th, 2016
Smith Micro ships Poser 11 and Poser Pro 11
Figure animation software gets new PBR renderer based on Blender's Cycles; improved rigging, Alembic export in the Pro edition.
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
Smith Micro announces Poser 10 and Poser Pro 2014
Upcoming releases of the figure tools to add Bullet physics, Pixar sub-Ds, interactive raytrace preview.
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
MakeHuman 1.0 Alpha 7 released
Big update to the free CG character generator improves base mesh, adds libraries of hair and clothes.
Wednesday, November 14th, 2012