Mechanical Color's Dara tools for Modo go open-source
Popular set of Modo modelling, shading and rendering plugins now available free under an MIT licence.
Friday, June 8th, 2018
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Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.3
Check out the newly updated Maya soft tissue plugin, then download this free 'jellyphant' test character.
Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Unity 2018.1 is now shipping. Check out the highlights here
It's a huge update, so get up to speed faster with our run-down of the key features for CG artists.
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
Boris FX makes Continuum VR Unit available free
Get this $199 set of plugins for editing 360° footage free until 31 May. Works in After Effects, Nuke, DaVinci Resolve.
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 14.1 for After Effects
Free update to effects plugins GPU-accelerates Trapcode Form; adds DoF and IBL in Trapcode Mir.
Monday, April 23rd, 2018
Allegorithmic ships Substance for 3ds Max 1.0
New free Substance integration plugin for 3ds Max now out of beta and ready for use in production.
Friday, April 13th, 2018
AMD ships Radeon ProRender plugins for macOS
Free GPU-based renderer available for Blender and Maya on Macs. Now supports volumetrics, too.
Monday, April 9th, 2018
Find free 3D models directly inside Unity, UE4 and Godot
New free plugins let users search for and import Sketchfab assets with Creative Commons licences.
Wednesday, March 28th, 2018
Eye candy: the new Fracture FX client reel
See people, buildings and vehicles explode spectacularly in the Maya demolition tool's greatest hits reel.
Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Boris FX announces Boris FX Suite 2018
New suite to make FX and tracking tools Continuum, Sapphire, Mocha Pro available via a single licence.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
SiNi Software releases Scatter for 3ds Max as free beta
Promising new scattering plugin aims to provide an artist-friendly way to create very large scenes.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Autodesk posts Softimage to Arnold source code on GitHub
Code for the SitoA plugin available via an Apache 2.0 licence. Latest update supports Arnold 5.0.2.4.
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
Thinkinetic releases Pulldownit 4 for Maya
Destruction plugin gets neat new options to control Voronoi shatter patterns. Dynamics sims now up to 30% faster.
Friday, February 16th, 2018