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Category Archives: Companion software
Two new CTA packs from Kurzal
Two new quality Wild West toon character packs for CrazyTalk Animator, from Kurzal. They’re on the Reallusion Marketplace…
FBX export from MakeHuman
New free FBX exporter (with rigging) for the free MakeHuman body creation software. Also of note is that MakeHuman has switched to a CC0 licence.
Element 3D
There’s a new real-time plugin for Adobe After Effects (Adobe’s motion graphics and FX flagship software) that uses OpenGL and OBJs. The 3D World magazine review of version 1.0 found Element 3D workable but a bit rough around the edges, and it seems you have to retexture your all objects by hand once they are imported (ugh!). But Element 3D 1.5 now has a…
“Real-Time Glow engine that allows you to add glow directly to illuminated materials or even image highlights. It’s extremely fast and offers even more realistic results than just using the standard Glow Plug-in.”
Real-time OpenGL shadows are also promised for a future release…
“Creating OpenGL shadows is not a trivial thing but we are experimenting with several innovative & hybrid solutions.”
Lumion in the woods
“Cathedral of the woods”, by Stefan Haberkorn of Germany. Made in real-time with Lumion…
MotionArtist
Smith Micro has announced its new motion comics production software is set for release very soon.
Faceshift
New markerless facial mocap software, Faceshift…
Note that it also captures and translates the subtle eye movements, which are so fiddly to animate by hand but which really bring the face alive. Sadly, it’s industry-aimed and thus currently too expensive for most people.
3DXchange 5.4
Reallusion has announced the nearly-ready 3DXchange 5.4, which will include rigging for facial animation with lip-sync — and also support for animatable DAZ face morphs(!). Sounds fab, and although it’s still “in the testing phase” it should be available in the first quarter of 2013…
“With this new release, not only will we support facial bone animation from any head rig, but we will also support morph-based facial animations made in DAZ, ZBrush and other 3D sculpting tools. In addition, you will be able to create sophisticated morph + bone rig animations with great results.”
It’s my understanding that this was always going to be a free upgrade for existing 3DXchange 5 users?
Also, accompanying the announcement are previews of some fabulous looking new characters, from what seems to be a forthcoming “Big Game Hunter” set…
Noah and the Empty Ark
Dreeko’s new Noah and the Empty Ark, made with Muvizu…
New Muvizu tutorial
Importing transparent props into Muvizu…
Eyebrow raising
Dreeko’s dog explains how to add animated eyebrows to Muvizu characters, for basic facial expressions…
Diablo-icly good!
Lovely demo of a $70 top-down environment assets pack for the free Unity game development software, for a Diablo / Titan Quest -like videogame environment. Worth seeing just for the art direction…
You can, of course, now bring iClone characters into Unity via a robust pipeline…
Lumion 3.0 – new features video
It’s the Lumion 3.0 new features drool-a-thon video!
CrazyTalk 7 review
A surprisingly positive and fair review of CrazyTalk 7 at 3D World magazine, a magazine which is normally so snobbish about ‘hobby’ software.
Warlord munches on the Gamesalad
New post from Warlord, on using Gamesalad with iClone…
“for rapid game development [to send] a testbed for a proof-of-concept demo to a client.”
What’s new in CrazyTalk 7
Handy new video guide to the new features of CrazyTalk 7… new features start at 0:46…
Muvizu Xmas Treasure Hunt is underway
The Muvizu Christmas Treasure Hunt is now underway. They’re giving away…
“a desktop animation studio complete with high-spec Alienware [PC gaming] laptop”.
Jump in at any time, as long as you…
“watch all the clues & pay attention”.
Take Muvizu for a spin
New tutorial, on how to get spinning propellers working in Muvizu by using AVI video files with transparency…
