Free Maya script Couture helps retopologise 3D clothing
Handy tool helps convert 3D scans or Marvelous Designer models into animation-ready low-poly assets.
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
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Free tool Kiko ports animation curves from Maya to Nuke
Toolchefs' neat open-source tool transfers curves between DCC apps in a pipeline-friendly way.
Sunday, September 16th, 2018
Optimise your Maya UV layouts with NPK_UV_Layout 1.0
Unify UV scale across 3D objects with Weta modeller Niels Peter Kaagaard's neat commercial script.
Thursday, August 30th, 2018
Shotgun Software ships Shotgun 7.11
Production tracking system gets Calculated Fields to automate data processing; new graphing options.
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018
New PiXYZ Software tools get CAD data into Unity, UE4
Now shipping: alternatives to Unreal Studio help prepare CAD data for import into game engines.
Friday, August 17th, 2018
Toolchefs releases Atoms Crowd 2.0
Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool gets big render speed boost, new behaviour modules, Python plugins system.
Wednesday, August 8th, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Studio 4.20
UE4-based visualisation platform gets iterative import workflow, new SketchUp exporter, MDL support.
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Allegorithmic ships Substance Designer 2018.2
Material authoring tool gets neat new 'Shape Splatter' system, plus initial release of new Python API.
Friday, July 20th, 2018
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2019.1
Update improves Alembic support and performance of OSL shaders; adds new Projects toolbar plus helper tools for Fluids simulations.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
Ephere releases Ornatrix for Maya v2
Big update to hair plugin adds new physics system, clumping controls, option to generate woven fabrics.
Monday, June 11th, 2018
Boomer Labs and JokerMartini release Vexus 3.0
3ds Max scene assembly tool adds support for multiple cameras, XRefs, new Python interpreter.
Saturday, May 5th, 2018
Q&A: Atoms Crowd co-creator Daniele Federico
We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool.
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018
Appleseed renderer gets new native Maya plugin
Version 1.8 of the open-source physically based renderer also adds procedural objects, render-time instancing.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017