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tools development

Get an open-source version of the geometry for a real AAA game map as a resource for game art, pipeline testing and tools development.

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

Check out the new features in the open-source game engine and new third-party add-ons like this volumetric cloudscapes system.

Wednesday, October 11th, 2023

Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.

Friday, August 4th, 2017

Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course.

Thursday, June 15th, 2017

Platform for developing CG tools gets revamped Tab Search, 'Kludge' API for incorporating external C++ libraries.

Monday, April 24th, 2017

CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

Cool 'Blocks' functionality makes CG tools development platform's visual programming even more accessible to non-coders.

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Update extends tools dev platform's Canvas visual programming system. Long-awaited Modo plugin now officially in beta.

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Create complex CG tools without coding with Fabric's long-awaited new visual programming system.

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

Graphics tools dev framework to get new link to RenderMan. More news on upcoming open-source rigging system Kraken, too.

Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

Updated: Create high-end VFX tools by wiring nodes together, Softimage ICE-style. See a demo video here.

Tuesday, March 10th, 2015

Creation tools-development platform to get add-ons for real-time lighting, streaming renders to a browser.

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Check out a tree generator created with the next-gen tool development platform's new C++ API.

Monday, October 1st, 2012