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
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Discover how to animate a creature walk cycle in Maya
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the key principles of realistic quadruped walk cycles.
Saturday, August 7th, 2021
Amazon ships Lumberyard 1.21
Game engine gets new automated secondary animation system, support for PhysX 4.1, updates to the visual programming system.
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019
Master current workflows in VFX Animation for Television
Create a complete creature shot in Maya with Supergirl animation lead Elaina Scott's new Gnomon tutorial.
Saturday, October 6th, 2018
YcdiVFX releases Physics Tools for Maya
Neat new Maya plugin adds instant believable secondary motion to keyframed character animations.
Friday, February 16th, 2018
Fabric Software announces Fabric Engine 2.6
Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.
Friday, August 4th, 2017
Skuid may let non-animators do Disney-style animation
Cool new Autodesk Research tech uses readymade 'activators' to apply Disney's 12 principles of animation to any sketch.
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.11
Big update to game engine includes new Sequencer cinematics editor. Source code for the upcoming VR Editor also available.
Wednesday, April 6th, 2016
Marius Silaghi releases Jiggle for 3ds Max
New plugin simulates muscle and skin sliding without complex rigs; results in unnerving demo video.
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012