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Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2020.2

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:51:51 GMT

Intuitive real-time visualisation tool gets new animation features, better water and vehicle paint materials.

KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2.1 for Nuke and Blender

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 06:00:23 GMT

Neat add-on for creating 3D head models from images now works with photos from multiple cameras.

Foundry unveils Katana 4.0

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:42:57 GMT

Big update to the lighting and look dev tool to add new 'artist-focused' lighting workflows, support for multiple simultaneous test renders.

Watch Gnomon’s masterclass on creating a fantasy creature

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:30:41 GMT

Take a CG creature from concept to final render with Avengers artist Babak Bina's five-hour masterclass.

Download 50 free 3D models of jungle plants

Sun, 09 Aug 2020 06:58:30 GMT

Get environment artist Baiquni Abdillah's 50 3D models of South East Asian trees, ferns and flowers.

Check out Nomad: a neat new iOS and Android sculpting app

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 12:11:15 GMT

Promising new app lets artists sculpt, paint and remesh detailed models on iPads or Android tablets.

Toolchefs updates free open beta of Atoms Unreal

Sat, 08 Aug 2020 08:00:47 GMT

New UE4 plugin for Atoms Crowd promises to create large real-time crowd sims on consumer PCs.

3ds Max Indie and Maya Indie now available in 31 countries

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:00:56 GMT

$265/year subscriptions to Maya and 3ds Max available to artists 'worldwide'. Find full details here.

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:00:56 GMT

Now shipping: check out the new features in the next big update to the Maya edition of the renderer.

Autodesk ships Arnold 6.0.4

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 08:10:04 GMT

Big update cuts render times on modern multi-core CPUs; adds new IPR window for 3ds Max users, and new Cinema 4D scattering system.

U-Render can now run in the Cinema 4D viewport

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 06:11:37 GMT

'Really real-time' renderer now fully integrated into Cinema 4D, including as a viewport renderer.

DSP Motion lets you draw sound effects for animations

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:00:41 GMT

Neat tool turns the motion of your mouse or stylus into sound FX for animation or motion graphics work.

Ubisoft open-sources Mixer

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 07:32:54 GMT

Studio's free real-time collaboration add-on for Blender enables multiple users to work on the same production scene simultaneously.

Create free, facially rigged CG characters with MB-Lab 1.7.8

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:30:29 GMT

Promising open-source tool can now create 3D characters licensed for use in commercial games work.

Check out open-source auto-retopology tool AutoRemesher

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 09:11:53 GMT

New app from Dust3D developer Jeremy Hu turns source meshes into uniform all-quad geometry.

CamTrackAR exports camera tracks to Blender for free

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 07:47:14 GMT

FXhome's iOS camera tracking app also exports to HitFilm; the paid version exports to After Effects.

Sketchfab’s models of the month: July 2020

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 06:28:15 GMT

See the month's best 3D models - including downloadable vehicles from Porsches to police cruisers.