8+ hour, 42+ min ago  (484+ words) Chaos has discontinued Phoenix, its fluid simulation software for 3ds Max and Maya. Phoenix is now officially in "end-of-support" status, and will receive no further new features, compatibility updates, or security fixes. End of the road for the fluid simulation tool…...

7+ hour, 57+ min ago  (501+ words) Epic Games has made a set of over 650 modular assets for creating a stylized dungeon environment available to download for free from Fab, its new online marketplace. Game art firm Tidal Flask Studios" asset pack Fantastic " Dungeon Pack asset pack…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (1006+ words) The m Gear development team has begun its 5. x updates to m Gear, its open-source character rigging framework for Maya. m Gear 5. 1 updated m Gear's RBF Manager to improve compatibility with Shapes, Brave Rabbit's popular blendshape editor. m Gear 5. 2 introduces…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (502+ words) The Gnomon Workshop has released Introduction to Technical Animation for Games, a beginners" guide to gameplay animation recorded by Senior Technical Animator Taylor Whitsett. The workshop provides over five hours of video training in Unreal Engine. A complete introductory guide…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (648+ words) Rokoko has launched Rokoko Create, a new AI-powered browser-based tool for generating simple animations for human characters from text prompts. Users can then export up to five animations per month in FBX format for use in DCC applications and game…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (588+ words) Beeble has rolled out Background Remover, a new AI roto service for visual effects and motion graphics work. The system, available inside Beeble, the company's web app, automatically identifies subjects of interest in image sequences or video footage, and generates…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (620+ words) Two animation and motion graphics industry veterans have launched Frame Rate, a new video hosting platform "built for creative professionals who care about craft. The platform, which is now in open beta, aims to give artists and filmmakers a more…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (628+ words) Sparseal has released Wafer, its previously i Pad-only 3 D texture painting app, free in open beta for Windows PCs. The latest graphics tool from the developers of Cozy Blanket and Uniform Wafer is the third product from Sparseal, the company…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (289+ words) Although you can use it in a conventional way, collecting and importing reference images and arranging them manually on the board, Adobe intends it to be used with Firefly's AI features. Users can edit images with AI options like Generative…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (590+ words) Compositor Marty Blumen has released VDBRender, a simple free add-on for rendering Open VDB volumes like smoke, fire and clouds inside Nuke. It makes it possible to render volumes directly inside the compositor without the need to round-trip them to…...