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Free PDF guides provide overviews of the game engine's key toolsets, with downloadable examples.
After Effects 23.1 announced
Compatibility update to the compositing software adds support for Cinema 4D 2023, plus 'several stability and performance fixes'.
Clara.io is closing down
Access to the pioneering browser-based 3D modelling and rendering tool and its library of 500,000 free 3D models to end on 31 December.
Rokoko launches free AI mocap tool Rokoko Video
Free browser-based tool generates animation in FBX and BVH format for use in apps like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.
CG industry news round-up: November 2022
Amazon gets into crowd simulation, Autodesk buys into volumetric video, and Sketchfab goes 18+ only.
Foundry acquires Peregrine Labs’ Bokeh plugin for Nuke
$99/year lens simulation plugin will be integrated into the compositing app for free - including Nuke Indie.
Epic Games releases free 3D scanning app RealityScan
Neat free photogrammetry app lets you generate high-quality 3D models with your smartphone.
Blender Foundation unveils the Animation 2025 Project
Ambitious three-year plan to revamp Blender's rigging and animation tools begins next year.
Imbalance releases Ragdoll Dynamics 3.0 for Maya
Ace real-time physics tool now lets you pose characters simply by pulling them around like puppets.
Epic releases MetaHuman DNA Calibration Library
Epic Games' new free tools let users view and edit the 'DNA' of next-gen MetaHuman characters.
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2022.1
First stable release of Octane 2022 adds new photon tracing kernel and Standard Surface material.
Otoy launches OctaneRender Studio+ subscriptions
Firm ditches perpetual licences of the GPU renderer, but adds MoI 3D and Cascadeur to its subs package.
Try Blender’s new node-based simulation framework
Long-awaited expansion of the Geometry Nodes system now available as an experimental branch of Blender.
Best Cyber Week and winter 2022 deals for CG artists
Updated: save money with over 160 seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.
Pilgway releases 3DCoat 2022.52
Modelling, retopology and painting app gets multiresolution sculpting system, better volumetric painting.
Epic Games Slovakia releases RealityCapture 1.2.1
Photogrammetry app now exports low-res scans to Sketchfab without using credits. Update also improves export to UE5.
Autodesk ships Arnold 7.1.4
New version of the renderer adds native Apple Silicon support and improves USD workflow. 3ds Max, C4D and Maya plugins updated.
Auto Character System 3 aims to redefine rigging in Modo
Now shipping: long-awaited modular rigging add-on creates rigs for characters of all body shapes.
Designing Unique Vehicle Concepts for Production
The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial reveals how to create better concept designs in Photoshop.
Q&A: Marvelous Designer specialist Michele Ahn
[Sponsored] Discover how the 3D clothing design software helps the Tippett Studio artist stay creative.
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