Modular Maya character rig builder Mansur-Rig is now free
High-performance facial and full-body rig builder for animation, VFX and game characters is now free, including for commercial projects.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
Python
Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors
Free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Assets can be exported in OBJ, FBX and USD format.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
Adobe releases Substance 3D Painter 10.0
3D texture painting software gets streamlined new workflow for handling text, and support for Adobe Illustrator .ai files.
Friday, May 17th, 2024
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2025
Biggest update to the character animation and mocap editing software for some years adds initial support for USD workflows.
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
5 key features in Blender 4.1
Read our pick of the new features in the open-source 3D app, from better baking to improvements to Cycles and the Sequencer.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
Imbalance releases Ragdoll for Blender 1.0
Much-praised Ragdoll Dynamics physics system, used by top VFX and games studios, is now available for Blender as well as Maya.
Friday, March 1st, 2024
Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2024 and 3DCoatTextura 2024
Check out the latest features in the digital sculpting, 3D painting and retopology app, and its cut-down edition for texturing work.
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2023 for Mac
Long-awaited new macOS edition of the veteran 3D animation tool is due out later today, for both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.
Friday, February 9th, 2024
Ynput releases Ayon 1.0
Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.
Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Erik Lehmann releases RS UV Kit 2.1 for Maya
DNEG TD's add-on to streamline UV workflow gets new options for working with UDIMs, and checking assets for common UV errors.
Thursday, December 21st, 2023
Get Epic Games' free Pose Driver Connect for Maya and UE5
Handy free tool transfers secondary animation set-ups authored in Maya to MetaHumans and other characters in Unreal Engine.
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
Check out 3DCoat's new Live Booleans system
Sculpting, retopology and 3D painting software can now perform Boolean operations interactively, even on dense meshes.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2023
5 key features in Blender 4.0
Discover the latest changes to the open-source 3D app, from Geometry Nodes, Cycles and shading to the Viewport Compositor.
Tuesday, November 14th, 2023