F12 releases The Grove 2.2 for Blender and Houdini
Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
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Reallusion unveils Character Creator 5
Check out the new features, price and release date for the next major update to the 3D character creation software for games and VFX.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Free tool: get character animation from Cinema 4D to Unreal Engine
Big update to the Cineware for Unreal plugin makes it possible to transfer rigged and animated characters to Unreal Engine 5.5.
Sunday, April 6th, 2025
Maxon releases Red Giant 2024.4 and Universe 2025.3
Updates to the effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps extend support for DaVinci Resolve, but end support for Vegas Pro.
Friday, April 4th, 2025
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026
Check out the latest changes to the 3D modeling and rendering app, including updates to retopology, shading and animation.
Wednesday, March 26th, 2025
Zen Masters releases Zen UV 5.0
Check out the new features in the free update to the popular Blender UV editing toolset for games and visual effects work.
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
Peregrine Labs ships Yeti 5.2
Check out the latest features in the popular Maya fur and feathers plugin, including new nodes for resolving intersections.
Monday, March 24th, 2025
Check out open-source Blender character generator MPFB 2
New free plugin based on veteran standalone app MakeHuman creates custom 3D characters, complete with skin and clothing.
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
Check out neat AI-trained hand mocap tool HandCraft Pro
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
3d-io releases Unwrella-IO
New standalone app from the maker of the Unwrella plugins for 3ds Max and Maya promises easy UV unwrapping and packing.
Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Check out free Blender scattering add-on OpenScatter
Promising open-source add-on lets you scatter plants and rocks in your scenes according to elevation, texture masks or guide curves.
Sunday, March 2nd, 2025
Artlist discontinues the FXhome apps: HitFilm and Imerge dead
Video editing, compositing and VFX app and still image editor had over 6 million users prior to buyout and switch to subscription pricing.
Monday, February 24th, 2025
KeenTools releases KeenTools 2025.1 for Blender and Nuke
Check out the changes to tracking plugins FaceTracker and GeoTracker, including new wireframe rendering and start frame selection options.
Friday, February 14th, 2025