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
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Nekki releases Cascadeur 2020.3b
New free beta of the promising physics and AI-based animation tool adds an auto-keying system.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
OpenToonz developers release OpenToonz 1.4
Open-source 2D animation app gets stop-frame animation tools; vector-guided perspective drawing.
Monday, March 2nd, 2020
Boris FX ships Silhouette 2020
Sizeable update to the rotoscoping and paint software adds features across the board. Mocha planar tracker now thrown in for free.
Thursday, November 14th, 2019
Download Toolchefs' open-source Maya animation tools
Updated: get a new camera lattice deformer free as well as the harmonic deformer, soft IK solver and key reducer.
Monday, September 9th, 2019
New Streaming Server script live-links Mosketch to Maya
Pose characters by drawing in the viewport with Moka Studio's innovative animation tool, then see the result in Maya.
Friday, October 5th, 2018
Reallusion ships iClone 7.3
Real-time animation tool gets support for Bezier curve editing for motion paths, new Material Plus format for saving multi-materials.
Friday, September 28th, 2018
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 6.0
All-in-one compositing and effects tool gets new editing and 2D animation options. Price down $50, but you no longer get Ignite Pro.
Friday, November 24th, 2017
Moka Studio ships Mosketch
Pose characters by drawing limb positions and lines of action directly onto the viewport with Moka Studio's intriguing new tool.
Friday, May 5th, 2017
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2018
Update replaces the mental ray renderer with Arnold 5, adds new options for customising the interface and editing motion paths.
Thursday, April 13th, 2017
AXYZ design ships Anima 2
Major update rewrites 3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation tool 'from scratch'; adds new WYSIWG editor and greater range of controls.
Wednesday, June 8th, 2016