3d-io ships Unwrella 4 for 3ds Max and Maya
Free update to the UV unwrapping tool adds neat UV packing system and Projection unwrapping mode.
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
visual effects
Nvidia unveils new Substance 3D plugin for Omniverse
Just one of a new round of updates to Nvidia's collaboration platform to be announced at Siggraph 2021.
Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
Master creature grooming techniques in Houdini
Learn to style digital hair and fur with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to current VFX workflows.
Monday, August 9th, 2021
Download Howler 2020 free
Get the last-but-one version of the digital painting, video processing and animation app for free, and donate to fund future development.
Sunday, August 8th, 2021
Discover how to animate a creature walk cycle in Maya
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals the key principles of realistic quadruped walk cycles.
Saturday, August 7th, 2021
ftrack unveils cineSync Play
New desktop app for playing back high-res image sequences and video will be free with the ftrack Studio production tracking system.
Thursday, August 5th, 2021
Get the free RenderMan for Substance Painter 24.1 plugin
Open source plugin now converts Substances to RenderMan's new Lama materials, for use in Blender, Houdini or Maya.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Ragdoll Dynamics adds real-time physics to your Maya rigs
Neat new plugin adds realistic dynamics to machines, muscles, cloth and hair in the Maya viewport.
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
Maxon, Tangent Animation join Academy Software Foundation
Cinema 4D and LoUPE developers become members of industry body to promote open-source VFX tech.
Monday, August 2nd, 2021
Discover how to create killer 3D creature concepts
Find out how to model and texture this Viper Dragon in The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Saturday, July 31st, 2021
Autodesk ships Maya 2022.1
3D animation software gets new global search feature, tools for authoring interactive tutorials, and updates to the deformer system.
Thursday, July 29th, 2021
HieroPlayer is now free to Nuke and NukeX users
Free subscriptions to the VFX shot review tool available to Nuke users with active maintenance contracts.
Thursday, July 29th, 2021
Insydium launches Fused
New $1,000 product bundle includes all of Insydium's Cinema 4D plugins and asset packs, plus new modelling add-on MeshTools.
Tuesday, July 27th, 2021