Foundry ships Modo 14.2
3D modelling and rendering app gets intuitive new Rig Clay system for posing characters, plus support for Cryptomatte and USD export.
Friday, November 13th, 2020
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Boris FX ships Mocha Pro 2021
Big update to the planar tracking software makes it possible to track organic surfaces, for digital make-up, or replacing logos on clothing.
Thursday, November 12th, 2020
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.0
Neat next-gen animation tool aims to rethink character work for VFX and feature animation pipelines.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
Esri ships CityEngine 2020.1
Procedural city generation tool can now import assets in USD format for VFX work, and generate LODs automatically for Unreal Engine.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
Eye candy: Chaos Group's 2020 V-Ray showreel
See the best VFX and animation work created with V-Ray, plus tech breakdowns of the key projects.
Monday, November 2nd, 2020
Autodesk ships Flame 2021.2
Compositing and finishing software's neat AI-driven Salient Keyer automatically mattes any selected object within an image.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Master hair grooming in Maya's XGen toolset
Discover an efficient workflow for creating stylized grooms in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Richard Rosenman releases DOF PRO for After Effects
New After Effects edition brings the popular Photoshop motion blur tool to VFX and motion graphics work.
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
Rookies 2020 rankings reveal world's best CG schools
Gnomon places best overall and best for VFX. See the winners for animation and game design here.
Monday, October 26th, 2020
SideFX ships Houdini 18.5
Big update to the procedural 3D software adds KineFX character rigging toolset; updates to Solaris, Karma and the simulation tools.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Adobe ships After Effects 17.5
Compositing app gets much-anticipated AI-driven Roto Brush 2.0 tool, plus motion-graphics-focused new 3D Design Space.
Tuesday, October 20th, 2020
Snappers unveils Snappers Wrinkles Designer
Crazy new Maya toolset will let you design wrinkles for 3D characters interactively and export to UE4.
Friday, October 16th, 2020
J Cube unveils new standalone USD editing tool MUSE
Neat work-in-progress tool offers a 'fast, non-destructive' way to modify USD assets outside DCC apps.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020