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Free tool: sculpt stylized hair with custom ZBrush brush RenHair
Former Overwatch artist Renaud Galand's neat free custom brush sculpts subtly asymmetric strands of hair for stylized 3D characters.
Unity to lay off 25% of its staff
Firm to cut approximately 1,800 jobs in a bid to refocus on its core game engine and game tools business.
Get over 400 modular 3D assets for building fantasy environments
Get the Ithris Cemetery and Fantasy Bundle Environment Kit 3 in 1 packs free from the Unreal Marketplace this month. For commercial use.
Tutorial: Animating Emotional Transitions in Maya
Get started in character animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.
Kiri Engine gets support for 3D Gaussian Splatting
Updated: 3D scanning app now lets users edit 3DGS scans and export them to Unreal Engine in PLY format, on both iOS and Android.
Glassbox Technologies ships DragonFly 3.2
Check out the new features in the virtual camera system for Maya and Unreal Engine, including additive recording, and native Vicon support.
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 2024.3
Check out the new features in the digital painting and CG art tool, like the updated CPU/GPU renderer.
Bleank releases Black Ink 2023
Significant update to the innovative GPU-based digital painting app overhauls the UI and brush workflow, and adds PSD support.
How noOne created striking animated short Aether Saga
Check out facial scanning and motion-capture behind the impressive proof-of-concept teaser for a Skyrim-esque animated series.
Get the free Maya Cascadeur Bridge
Handy add-on lets users export rigged characters from Maya to AI animation tool Cascadeur in a few clicks, then send animation back.
PhyX Drag brings physics-based object placement to Blender
New $10 add-on brings simple Houdini-style physics-based scene layout workflows to the open-source 3D software.
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.4 in early access
Neat tool to simplify world building in Unreal Engine 5 gets new Physics Paint system, PBR texture packing. Perpetual licenses now available.
Tutorial: Creating Foliage for Videogames
Discover how to create custom SpeedTree trees and plants for games with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Mossify adds moss to Blender models
Neat Geometry Nodes set-up adds detailed 3D moss, flowers, and even sea creatures to your scenes. The base edition is free.
Blockade Labs rolls out Skybox AI 0.9
Online tool for generating 360° environments from text prompts or sketches now generates 3D world meshes as well as 2D skyboxes.
Happy Christmas to all CG Channel readers!
Website updates may be less frequent over the holiday week, but normal service will resume on Tuesday 2 January 2024.
Tutorial: Creating a Custom 3D Kit for Concept Art
Discover how to create a library of 3D kitbash assets then use it to create concept illustrations with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Radical now supports real-time facial motion-capture
Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts facial and full-body animation from the same video. Available with free subscriptions.
Animation breakdown | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Axis Studios
See how Axis brought the characters of the Dickens adaptation to life, from concept art and visual development to final animation.
Erik Lehmann releases RS UV Kit 2.1 for Maya
DNEG TD's add-on to streamline UV workflow gets new options for working with UDIMs, and checking assets for common UV errors.
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