Canva acquires the Affinity tools
New owner pledges to preserve perpetual licenses of pro design tools - and key Adobe alternatives - Affinity Designer, Photo and Publisher.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
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Autodesk acquires PIX
Firm plans to connect the on-set production management and collaboration system to its Flow cloud platform.
Sunday, March 17th, 2024
LightWave Digital releases LightWave 2023
Veteran 3D animation software gets its first update in over three years, following a change of owner in April. Check out its new features here.
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Unity ends services agreement with Wētā FX: 265 staff laid off
Firms to end deal struck in 2021 when Unity acquired Weta Digital's in-house VFX technology and engineering staff.
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
Luxion buys Digizuite
KeyShot developer aims to provide users with a 'full-service design solution' though its buyout of the digital asset management provider.
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
Boris FX acquires SynthEyes
Popular 3D tracking application's tech will be used across other Boris FX products like Silhouette and the Sapphire and Continuum plugins.
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
Chaos acquires AXYZ design
V-Ray and Corona developer buys the creator of architectural crowd animation tool anima and the metropoly range of 3D characters.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2023
LightWave Digital acquires LightWave
Updated: LightWave 2023 due for release in Q4 2023. Upgrade pricing includes 'shares in LightWave'.
Friday, April 28th, 2023
Unity merges with app monetisation firm ironSource
Game engine developer expects the $4.4 billion share-only deal to 'transform' its own financial profile.
Tuesday, November 8th, 2022
Unity is laying off around 4% of its staff
Firm sheds around 200 of the staff gained in its billion-dollar spending spree since going public in 2020.
Friday, July 1st, 2022
ftrack ships cineSync 5.0
Major compatibility-breaking update to the remote shot review tool adds layers system and support for OCIO 2 and OTIO.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
5 CG industry stories you may have missed in March 2022
Discover who Adobe and Autodesk have just bought, Intel's move into pro GPUs - and the 'world's smallest workstation'.
Tuesday, April 5th, 2022
Watch Enemies, Unity's gorgeous new tech demo
Photorealistic two-minute real-time Unity short showcases new skin and hair simulation technologies.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022