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Tutorial: Game Animation – From Concept to Unity
Master professional game animation workflows in Maya and Unity with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive tutorial.
Download three free smoke and explosion VDBs from ActionVFX
Get a free explosion, smoke plume and meteor trail from ActionVFX's new library of stock .vdb files, with a Blender fire and smoke shader.
Check out 3DCoat’s new Live Booleans system
Sculpting, retopology and 3D painting software can now perform Boolean operations interactively, even on dense meshes.
Physical Open Waters generates oceans in Blender in real time
Physical Addons' promising plugin generates photorealistic animated ocean surfaces, and is lightweight enough to run on a laptop.
Blender.org recovering from the largest cyberattack in its history
Main Blender website and downloads of the open-source 3D app restored after DDoS attack, but online documentation still down.
GeoTracker for Blender is now production-ready
Check out the new features in the stable release of the inuitive 3D tracking tool, like automatic texture extraction and video stablilization.
Planetside Software updates Terragen Sky
Streamlined tool for generating skies for use in matte paintings or as environment maps gets 32K HDR export, better live sync with UE5.
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.7
Update makes the full Professional edition of the lanscape generator available to indie artists for just $199. Check out the new features here.
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 12.2
Check out the new features in the 3D clothing design software, including an automatic UV packing system and better USD support.
Pablo Dobarro and Joan Fons unveil Uniform
CozyBlanket developers' intriguing new iPad app is a complete 2D/3D tool with a modular scene system 'unlike anything you've ever seen'.
BiteTheBytes releases World Creator 2023.4
Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including a new system of SImulation Layers for distributing sediment.
Animation breakdown | Bodies title sequence | Studio AKA
See Studio AKA's narrated breakdown of its enigmatic titles for the Netflix crime series, created in Maya, UE5 and After Effects.
Tutorial: Designing Backgrounds for Animation
Create professional backdrops for 2D animations with Rick and Morty background painter Mike Bear's tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop.
Luxion ships KeyShot 2023.3
Latest update to the renderer radically overhauls color workflow, speeds up GPU rendering, and adds an ACES image transform.
Tutorial: Creating Worlds for Film & TV
The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial reveals how to develop the environment design skills that separate human artists from AIs.
Unity announces Unity 6
Game engine to revert to the 'clarity' of its original version numbering system for its next long-term support release in 2024.
AMD launches Radeon Pro W7700
See how the 'most powerful pro workstation graphics card under $1,000' performs with apps like 3ds Max, Maya and After Effects.
Maxon releases ZBrush 2024
Latest update to the digital sculpting app adds neat new automation and character posing options, but it's only available via subscription.
Wonder Studio gets new Blender and Maya plugins
Free add-ons help prepare your 3D characters for use on the AI-powered online platform for adding CG characters to live action scenes.
Autodesk releases Maya 2024.2 and Maya Creative 2024.2
3D modeling and animation software gets updates to LookdevX, the character rigging and animation tools, and to USD for Maya.
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