SideFX ships Houdini 17
Videos: major Houdini update adds Vellum multphysics solver, new cloth and hair tools, material-based facturing and simulation retiming.
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018
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New plugin implements elastic implicit skinning in Maya
Novel method promises fewer artefacts and better skin contact than dual quaternion skinning.
Monday, October 8th, 2018
Allright Rig 2.0 ships via Unreal Marketplace
Versatile UE4 auto-rigging plugin creates a range of characters and creatures, with facial animation.
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Reallusion releases Character Creator 3.0
Big update turns iClone companion tool into a standalone character generator for games and VR work.
Friday, September 28th, 2018
AXYZ design ships anima 3.5
3ds Max and Cinema 4D crowd animation plugin's new 'alive' technology synchronises cameras and geometry with the host app.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2018
Crytek ships CryEngine 5.5
Long-awaited update to game engine updates GI system and Sandbox editor; introduces new 5%-of-royalties licensing model.
Monday, September 24th, 2018
Notch Builder lets you author motion graphics in real time
Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2019.2
Release adds new Fluid Loader object for tweaking and rendering cached sims, further updates to Alembic and OSL.
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Download Video Copilot's free Orb plugin for After Effects
Free plugin generates realistic 3D planets, complete with physically based shading and atmospheres.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Check out promising 3ds Max scattering plugin NeatScatter
Interesting new tool generates detailed, non-overlapping patterns of instances for close-up shots.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Unreal Studio now free until November 2019
Suite of tools for getting CAD data into Unreal Engine for visualisation to stay in open beta another year.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Chaos Group releases Beta 3 of V-Ray Next for Maya
Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising.
Monday, September 17th, 2018
Foundry ships Mari 4.2
Long-awaited new mirrored projection system lets users paint symmetrically on any model: no need for a specialised UV layout.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2018