Free tool: Character Creator Auto Setup for 3ds Max
Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.
Wednesday, July 24th, 2024
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GeoGen is now in public beta
JangaFX's real-time terrain design tool is out of alpha. Check out the new features in GeoGen 0.3, like spline editing of terrain.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
LiquiGen is now available to buy
JangaFX's real-time liquid simulator is now in public alpha. Check out the new features in LiquiGen 0.3, like whitewater and surface tension.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
JangaFX releases EmberGen 1.2
Real-time smoke and fire simulator for games and VFX gets movable, parentable simulation domains, and live recording in the timeline.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
Tutorial: Character Asset Creation for Cinematics - Vol. 1
Discover how to create a detailed, animation-ready fantasy character with Maya and ZBrush in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, July 21st, 2024
Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5
Particle generation tool for motion graphics and VFX gets support for particle blending modes, new set of Position Path Presets.
Friday, July 19th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.12
Check out the lastest features in the virtual reality modeling software, like this interesting shape matching feature in the new Assets panel.
Friday, July 19th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.5
Material authoring and 3D capture software can now send materials directly to 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Unity and Unreal Engine 5.
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Maxon releases Redshift 3.6.04
3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D and Maya renderer gets motion-graphics-friendly new Distance shader, plus updates to Redshift RT.
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.5
Check out the latest features in the 3D animation app, including updates to the particle and simulation tools, and a new Undo History.
Thursday, July 18th, 2024
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2.2
Real-time lighting design software can now 'paint' highlights and shadows directly into interactive renders from Blender.
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024
5 key features in Blender 4.2
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from new digital sculpting tools and GPU compositing to 'Eevee Next'.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2024
Check out Blender crowd-creation tool Procedural Crowds Pro
Promising add-on for the open-source 3D app generates large animated background crowds from a library of scanned 3D characters.
Monday, July 15th, 2024