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Sunday, February 5th, 2023
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Tutorial: Animating Body Mechanics in Maya
Learn character animation from DreamWorks' Kelly Vawter with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Sunday, February 5th, 2023
Substance 3D Designer's creators win Sci-Tech Awards
Other tech 'Oscars' go to Pixar's Fizt2 simulation system and Wētā FX's in-house render manager.
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Spline Dynamics releases Scatter Tools for 3ds Max
Neat new set dressing plugin can automatically add ornaments and books to the furniture in a scene.
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.2
Innovative character animation app gets revamped animation layer system, neat animatable sculpt tool.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.0
Major update to the material authoring tool adds intuitive new AI-assisted 3D scanning toolset.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 12.4
Material authoring tool gets quality-of-life updates when working with nodes, formulas or the 3D View.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Tutorial: Creating Keyframe Concepts for Film & Animation
Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the unexpected 3D tools that can speed up your concept art work.
Sunday, January 29th, 2023
Marmoset releases Toolbag 4.05
Real-time rendering and look dev app gets new texture painting features, light baking, USD support.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
Autograph: a next-gen tool for motion design and VFX
Left Angle's unusual USD-based app is pitched as the world's first 'responsive design video software'.
Friday, January 20th, 2023
Autodesk releases Open RV
The open-source edition of RV is out. See how it differs from the commercial edition of the Academy Award-winning shot review tool.
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Maxon releases Red Giant 2023.2 product updates
See what's new in Maxon's suites of effects plugins, including Trapcode 2023.2 and Magic Bullet 2023.2.
Sunday, January 15th, 2023
e-on software ships Vue 2023 and PlantFactory 2023
Check out the new features in the first update to the landscape- and plant-generation tools since 2021.
Friday, January 13th, 2023