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Animator Tal Minks' promising Maya plugin extracts hand animation from a standard webcam and bakes it to any five-fingered Maya character.

Monday, March 10th, 2025

Master professional asset development workflows for VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced-level tutorial.

Sunday, March 9th, 2025

First RDNA 4 GPUs get strong reviews in the gaming press. But how do they fare in CG apps like Blender and DaVinci Resolve?

Friday, March 7th, 2025

New standalone app from the maker of the Unwrella plugins for 3ds Max and Maya promises easy UV unwrapping and packing.

Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

Master character effects workflows for animation, cinematics and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed Houdini tutorial.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

Promising open-source add-on lets you scatter plants and rocks in your scenes according to elevation, texture masks or guide curves.

Sunday, March 2nd, 2025

Check out the new time-tracking tools in the cloud-based production management platform for VFX. Free for six months to startup studios.

Friday, February 28th, 2025

Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.

Friday, February 28th, 2025

3D tracking and match-moving software gets new multi-export system, AI-based roto masking, and 3D head mesh for head tracking.

Thursday, February 27th, 2025

Financial problems of the owner of Mikros Animation and VFX Oscar-winners MPC and The Mill threaten thousands of artists' jobs worldwide.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025

Get free volumetric 3D clouds for previs, motion graphics and VFX in CG apps and game engines like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025

Video editing, compositing and VFX app and still image editor had over 6 million users prior to buyout and switch to subscription pricing.

Monday, February 24th, 2025

Check out the new features in the 3D capture software, including path tracing in the 3D View and support for HP's Z Captis scanner.

Friday, February 21st, 2025