Check out new browser-based 3D animation tool PixCap
Animate 3D characters in your web browser via a free keyframe editor or AI-based motion capture tools.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
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Ziva Dynamics launches ZRT Face Trainer in beta
Sign up now to test this promising next-gen AI-trained automated facial rigging system for games.
Monday, November 22nd, 2021
Check out neat free 2D animation package VPaint
Open-source tool creates vector animations that mimic 3D forms. Help Kickstart its successor apps.
Tuesday, September 14th, 2021
Foundry reveals its 2021 Mari product roadmap
3D texturing app to get Python 3 support, new USD workflows and updated brush engine, but macOS edition cancelled.
Friday, March 19th, 2021
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.5
Landscape-generation software gets OpenColorIO support, plus better support for PBR workflows.
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2020.3b
New free beta of the promising physics and AI-based animation tool adds an auto-keying system.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
Unity reveals 2021 roadmap
See the new tools for games artists due in Unity 2020 LTS, 2021.1 and 2021.2 - plus a bonus for anyone with a free Personal subscription.
Friday, August 14th, 2020
Uppercut releases U-Render 2020.5 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer for Cinema 4D gets support for subsurface scattering, translucency.
Thursday, June 4th, 2020
Uppercut unveils its U-Render 2020 product roadmap
Cinema 4D real-time render engine to get support for particle rendering and SSS - and a new Maya edition.
Saturday, April 18th, 2020
Check out the Blender 3.0 and LTS product roadmap
Next big update to the open-source 3D software due in 2021, with long term support releases every year.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020
iClone Unreal Live Link now free to indie users
Reallusion makes plugin originally priced at $1,490 free to artists earning less than $100,000/year.
Monday, January 20th, 2020
Crytek posts 2019-2020 CryEngine roadmap
CryEngine 5.6 to add layered microfacet materials. CryEngine 5.7 to see real-time ray tracing, big animation update.
Monday, May 13th, 2019
Maxon buys Redshift
Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019