FlippedNormals has released a one-hour tutorial explaining the basics of Marvelous Designer using a t-shirt asset as an example.  Watch it on YouTube.

Epic has released recordings of nearly 50 presentations from this year's Unreal Fest Europe 2019 that took place in Prague. Watch them on YouTube (more...)

Reallusion has released a new version of Cartoon Animator née CrazyTalk Animator. Version 4 features the ability to create lip-sync animations from audio, facial motion capture, 360-degree head creation, smart IK motion editing, parallax effects, 2D effects, a new Photoshop pipeline that can process images into animatable characters and more. Prices start from $99. Find out more on Reallusion's website. 

E.d. films has released a new tool that converts Photoshop files to 2.5D Maya files ready for animation.

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Kostadin Kotev (AKA Miauu) has release Scene Notes Pro, a new script for 3DS Max that allows the user to add and manage notes in scenes using 9 predefined categories. (more...)

This weekend saw Chaos Group's Total Chaos conference take place in Sofia, Bulgaria. For those that weren't able to attend Chaos group has published a number of short posts summarising each days events including some details from the keynote during which they revealed a new initiative called Chaos Research which aims to experiment and collaborate with the academic community to explore "new ideas and create the rendering technology of the future". (more...)

Bulgaria-based Worldwide FX has released a breakdown reel for their work on Hellboy including CG environments and set extensions, creature animation, various FX work, greens screen compositing, CG crowd and vehicles plus more than 200 concept designs and storyboards. Watch it on YouTube.