Get artist-friendly 3D animation software Akeystu for free
Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
Unreal Engine
SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features
Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Tutorial: Real-Time VFX Fundamentals for Unreal Engine 5
Discover how to create an anime-style explosion effect in The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly game art tutorial.
Sunday, July 7th, 2024
tyFlow 1.111 integrates Stable Diffusion into 3ds Max
Multiphysics add-on's tyDiffusion module generates AI renders and animations matching 3ds Max scenes. Included in the free edition.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
DeepMotion launches AI text-to-animation service SayMotion 1.5
Browser-based tool lets you create animations for humanoid characters by typing text prompts. Free in open beta, including for commercial use
Saturday, June 29th, 2024
Move AI launches AI-based real-time mocap solution Move Live
Markerless motion-capture software streams data live to Unreal Engine, or can post-process it to a 'AAA quality' Blender file.
Thursday, June 27th, 2024
Open-source tool Infinigen Indoors generates procedural 3D interiors
Free Blender-based tool generates 3D interiors, from rooms to entire houses. Assets can be exported in OBJ, FBX and USD format.
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
RealityScan 1.5 saves 3D models directly to your phone
Epic Games' free 3D scanning app for Android and iOS now lets you download the 3D scan directly, rather than via Sketchfab.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
Andras Ketzer releases FluidNinja VFX Tools 1.8
Check out the new features in the Unreal Engine simulation baking tool, including support for UE5's new Heterogeneous Volumes.
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
Get over 500 free game-ready animations to use in Unreal Engine
Epic Games' new Game Animation Sample includes a library of 'AAA-quality' motion-captured animations for use in your own projects.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2024
Golaem releases crowd animation tool Golaem 9
Major update to the Maya crowds tool adds new workflows for creating shots without simulation, and a new UE5-style ML Deformer.
Thursday, June 6th, 2024
ASWF, Adobe, Autodesk launch OpenPBR 1.0
New open shading model intended to supersede both Adobe and Autodesk's standard materials reaches its milestone 1.0 release.
Wednesday, June 5th, 2024
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2024.1
Check out the latest features in the real-time visualization app, from the new Render Layers system to new scattering and animation tools.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2024