Get artist-friendly 3D animation software Akeystu for free
Unconventional character rigging and animation tool is no longer being developed commercially, so you can now download it for free.
Sunday, July 14th, 2024
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SideFX releases Houdini 20.5: check out its five key features
Discover the key changes in the procedural 3D software: from the revolutionary Copernicus framework to rigging, animation and simulation.
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
Get Procedural Anatomy for Houdini free in open beta
Promising tool creates KineFX-compatible muscle and skin simulation rigs for use in visual effects, animation and games.
Thursday, July 4th, 2024
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2024.1
3D clothing design app gets new PBR texture map generator, plus experimental new generative AI tools for patterns and graphics.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
Tutorial: Creating a Quadruped Rig for Production
Discover how to create production-quality rigs for four-legged creatures in The Gnomon Workshop's Maya masterclass.
Saturday, June 15th, 2024
Get 10 popular Blender add-ons free from Blender Market
Updated: online marketplace's 10th birthday giveaway has now ended, but you can still see the add-ons it featured on the offer page.
Tuesday, June 11th, 2024
Free tool: Character Creator UE Control Rig for Unreal Engine
Free add-on lets users pose CC characters from Reallusion's Character Creator inside UE5 using the MetaHuman interface.
Thursday, May 30th, 2024
Autodesk releases Maya 2025.1
Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from updates to LookdevX to a sneak peek at character rigging in Bifrost.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2025.1
3D modeling and rendering app gets updates to weight painting, and to the Boolean and Array modifiers. Check out the other changes here.
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2024.0
Updated: check out the 3D clothing design software's new USD-based workflow for exporting simulations to Unreal Engine 5.4.
Monday, April 29th, 2024
The making-of for Watermelon Girl charts a five-year labor of love
Check out self-taught animator SouthernShotty's inspirational animation breakdown for his 13-minute, one-person Blender short.
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
Unity discontinues the Ziva products
Unity ends sales of Maya tissue simulation plugin Ziva VFX, real-time toolset Ziva RT, and facial-rigging service Ziva Face Trainer.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Autodesk releases Maya 2025 and Maya Creative 2025
Check out the latest features in the 3D modeling and animation app, from the new Smart Extrude system to LookdevX, Arnold and Bifrost.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024