October 1, 2020
Major update to the character animation app adds support for retargeting and camera animation. Read More »
October 29, 2019
Updated: October 2019 release adds support for additive layers to the unconventional animation tool. Read More »
October 25, 2017
Now shipping: innovative new tool aims to rethink rigging and animation for artists, not engineers. Check out the feature set here. Read More »
August 23, 2017
Get this free stylised female character rig for Maya, with detailed facial animation controls. Read More »
September 17, 2015
Make horses do handstands with this cool free squash-and-stretch quadruped rig for 3ds Max. Read More »
August 18, 2015
See some neat work-in-progress tech for sculpting with adaptive topology, recorded at Siggraph 2015. Read More »
January 13, 2015
Cool work-in-progress Maya plugin promises complete automatic character setup, including muscles and facial coding. Read More »
December 1, 2014
Download this stretchy, stylised rig from the Egyptian character TD. Comes with face and body controls. Read More »
November 11, 2014
Updated: Free browser-based service gets new tools for stitching and retargeting motion clips. Read More »
September 24, 2014
Check out the Mery Project's impressive free rigged character. Ideal for student and demo work. Read More »
August 28, 2014
Everything from creatures to ray guns, licensed for commercial use. Good for Unity & After Effects, too. Read More »
May 20, 2014
Character TD Ahmed Shalaby's biped rig creates awesome stylised animation. Worth it just for the video. Read More »
February 28, 2014
Maya crowd-simulation system gets new visual debugging system, support for Arnold's mtoa 1.x plugin. Read More »
November 29, 2013
Updated: Browse stock content directly inside Maya via former MPC TD's new cloud-based marketplace. Read More »
November 14, 2013
Free cloud-based system based on Donya Labs' Simplygon technology automates creation of LOD assets for games. Read More »
October 28, 2013
Lighting artist Luca Fiorentini's free, fully procedural eye features appearance controls galore. Neat. Read More »
October 16, 2013
Teach yourself the fundamentals of character work with the animation school's toon-style Stewart rig. Read More »
April 22, 2013
Select and manipulate rig controls or geometry on 3D characters faster with this free picker GUI plugin. Read More »
January 18, 2013
Nifty Boolean-based rig mimics the look and motion of a claymation character, in all its wobbliness. Read More »
January 9, 2013
Set up a thinkingParticles rig using procedural activators and force values with Hydraulx's Will Wallace. Read More »
