Open-source VFX pipeline builder Prism 2.0 is now available
Promising tool lets you set up a USD-based VFX pipeline 'out of the box'. Works with Blender, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, UE5 and ZBrush.
Friday, November 3rd, 2023
Unreal Engine
Skybox AI to get automatic NeRF generation capabilities
Browser-based generative AI platform could soon generate complete 360° game environments from text prompts or sketches.
Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
Download Eisko's free rigged 3D male character 'FreakyHoody'
High-res character based on scans of France's most tattooed man comes as a UE5 project with 8K PBR textures and a MetaHuman rig.
Sunday, October 29th, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.2
Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.2
Sizeable update to the AI-assisted character animation software adds audio capabilities, plus support for USD files and quad meshes.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Sneak peek: Houdini 20
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
JangaFX ships EmberGen 1.0.7
Popular real-time smoke and fire simulator gets support for ground plane shadows, and initial support for importing skinned meshes.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
Reallusion ships ZBrush Face Tools
New plugin makes it easier to refine head meshes from Character Creator in ZBrush, including sculpting custom expressions.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
Check out text-to-3D service Masterpiece X - Generate
Browser-based service generates low-poly 3D props and characters for indie games or AR projects from simple text descriptions.
Monday, October 16th, 2023
Movella launches new mocap product bundles for indie artists
Indie artists buying Movella's inertial mocap systems get six months' free access to its $11k/year Xsens Animate Pro software.
Thursday, October 12th, 2023
DeepMotion launches DeepMotion Animate 3D 5.0
Big update to the browser-based AI mocap system makes it possible to capture up to eight characters from a single video.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
QuadSpinner unveils Gaea 2.0
Check out the new features in this major update to the next-gen terrain design tool, including a new erosion system, UE5 bridge and 'God Mode'.
Friday, October 6th, 2023
Epic Games to start charging to use Unreal Engine for VFX
UE5 to become a 'licensable piece of software like Maya and Photoshop' for non-games work like VFX, animation and visualization.
Thursday, October 5th, 2023