Rigging Dojo has released a free ebook called Making Plugins for Maya. The book explains how to build two plugins from open source libraries. Download it from Rigging Dojo (email required). 

Microsoft has released a new trailer for it's upcoming Flight Simulator that uses Bing map data to represent nearly anywhere on earth. Watch it on YouTube.

Muhammad Etman has released an updated version of his tool for exchanging scenes between Maya and Clarisse IFX. New features include a redesigned UI, Alembic support, Alembic referencing, animation support, hierarchy preservation for all objects type and more. Learn more about the tool on Gumroad. 

The very best of wishes and a happy new year to all our readers and fellow artists from the CGPress team. We're going to go quiet for a few days but we'll be back with all the latest CG news from 3 January 2020!

Pixologic has announced the latest version of ZBrushCore, its stripped down version of ZBrush. Features that are now available in ZBrush Core include Sculptris Pro, Subtool Folders, Universal Camera, Thumbnail, Camview, and ZeeZoo. Find out more in the online release notes. 

Isotropix has released a new service pack for Clarisse iFX. New rendering improvements  include: (more...)

BBC Click has released a video showcasing several VFX breakdowns for His Dark Materials. Watch it on YouTube.

KeenTools has announced that an open beta of FaceBuilder is now available for Blender. (more...)