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Unreal Engine

Popular open-source 3D texture painting software gets a new Smudge tool, group masks, and better OBJ import.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

MoGen generates animation cycles in your web browser

Promising AI-based online app generates a huge range of walk and run cycles for humanoid characters. Try it free in beta.

Thursday, September 7th, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.3: five key features for CG artists

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Check out free browser-based AI mocap tool Rokoko Vision

Successor to Rokoko Video lets users extract full-body animation from video captured on two cameras or smartphones. Still free for single-camera capture.

Monday, September 4th, 2023

Radical launches Radical Live

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Ynput launches free VFX and animation pipeline Ayon

Updated, now in beta: open-source framework connects VFX tools into a coherent USD-ready pipeline.

Friday, August 25th, 2023

Nevercenter releases Silo 2023.4 and Milo 2023.1

Check out the new features in the lightweight 3D modelling app and its UE5-based real-time renderer.

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023

Tutorial: Real-Time Character & Environment Lighting

Master professional lighting workflows in Unreal Engine 5 with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2023

Polygonflow's Dash automates world building in UE5

Unreal Engine add-on lets users assemble environments via drag and drop and simple text prompts.

Friday, August 18th, 2023

Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.5

Sizeable update to the GPU ray tracing renderer adds real-time caustics, and cutaway rendering.

Thursday, August 17th, 2023

Nvidia releases 2023.1 updates to Omniverse apps

Check out the new features in USD Composer 2023.1, USD Presenter 2023.1 and Audio2Face 2023.1.

Monday, August 7th, 2023

Tutorial: Creating a Monolithic City in Unreal Engine 5

Create a large-scale city for VFX or cinematics work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

AWS releases Deadline 10.3

Free renderfarm manager now supports Unreal Engine 5, including the Movie Render Queue for visual effects, animation and visualisation.

Saturday, August 5th, 2023