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Tutorial: Mech Illustration with Character & Story
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create 3D illustrations with a hand-drawn feel.
Get Reallusion’s free ZBrush and Character Creator plugins
ZBrush Pose Tools creates a pose library in ZBrush; ZBrush Pose Link sends poses to it from Reallusion's Character Creator.
Magic Nodes: node-based compositing in After Effects
Updated with details of version 1.5: neat add-on lets you wire nodes together to create composites.
Rokoko Studio 2.4 now does retargeting
Rokoko's mocap software now lets users retarget motion to custom 3D characters. Subscription prices up.
iToo Software releases RailClone 6 for 3ds Max
Check out the new features in the popular parametric modelling plugin and its built-in asset libraries.
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 12.1
3D clothing design software gets USD import and export, plus experimental Omniverse connector.
The twisted tale of The Voice in the Hollow
Discover the novel real-time workflow that powers Gnomon's award-winning animated short.
Adobe ships Photoshop 24.5
Image-editing app gets AI-based Remove Tool. Separate beta adds Generative Fill - the first feature from Adobe's Firefly AI toolset.
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for Cinema 4D Update 1
C4D edition of the renderer gets V-Ray Toon material, Chaos Scatter, and improved MoGraph support.
Nvidia unveils three GeForce RTX 4060 Family GPUs
See how the $299 GeForce RTX 4060 and the RTX 4060 Ti cards perform in DCC apps like Arnold and DaVinci Resolve.
Sketchfab’s models of the month: May 2023
See the month's best 3D models, from animated watercolour art to this free downloadable monastery.
Tutorial: Creating a Sci-Fi Pistol for Games
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to create a production-ready game asset from concept art.
Foundry ships Flix 6.6
Check out the new features in the story development tool, including support for proxy servers and more reliable native version control.
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2023.1
Big update to the physics-based animation tool adds video mocap and Finger AutoPosing systems.
Serif ships Affinity Photo 2.1
Free update makes 'hundreds of improvements' to the digital painting and image editing app, including to Brushes and Layers.
Enscape releases Enscape 3.5
Real-time visualisation software gets new global illumination system, customisable stock content, SpaceMouse support.
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.15
Significant update to the production renderer adds beta support for AMD graphics cards, plus a new Distortion Utility shader.
Autodesk ships Maya 2024.1 and Maya Creative 2024.1
3D animation apps get new Hydra for Maya render delegate, plus updates to the LookdevX toolset.
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2024.1
3D modelling and rendering app gets improvements to the Boolean modifier and to animation workflow.
Tutorial: Concepting Spaceships for Film & Games
Create 3D concepts for vehicles with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.
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