February 21, 2018 | 2 comments
Code for the SitoA plugin available via an Apache 2.0 licence. Latest update supports Arnold 5.0.2.4. Read More »
January 17, 2018
We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool. Read More »
January 16, 2018
Heavyweight VFX scene assembly tool gets new outliner for geometry hierarchies, support for Alembic and USD sequences. Read More »
January 15, 2018
Updated: New TurboSquid tech converts files in the native format of one 3D app to that of another. Now also works with C4D. Read More »
January 9, 2018
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by our 125,000 Facebook followers. Read More »
December 1, 2017
Maya crowd simulation tool gets new 'brain share' feature for AI agents, improved Direct Logic engine and instancing system. Read More »
November 20, 2017 | 9 comments
To mark the news that Nvidia is to discontinue the renderer, we look back over the highs and lows of nearly 30 years of Mental Ray. Read More »
November 3, 2017
Standalone render denoising tool gets streamlined full-screen GUI. CUDA version dropped in favour of 'faster, more reliable' OpenCL. Read More »
October 25, 2017
Updated: neat plugin live links Substance Painter to Blender, Modo or Maya - and now 3ds Max and V-Ray. Read More »
October 4, 2017
Updated: Autodesk discusses how the new Fluids simulation toolset stacks up against Bifröst in Maya. Read More »
September 20, 2017 | 2 comments
Long-awaited physically accurate hybrid CPU/GPU renderer ships after six years in development. Read More »
August 29, 2017
Now shipping: update to render manager streamlines process of cloud rendering via Amazon's AWS. Read More »
August 18, 2017
Free educational licences now available. Price of commercial subscriptions halved when renting in blocks of five. Read More »
August 7, 2017 | 2 comments
Heavyweight renderer to get new live link to compatible DCC apps, new hybrid CPU/GPU render tech. Read More »
July 31, 2017
Big update to layout and look dev tool adds object scattering, support for Light Path Expressions and Cryptomatte, new PBR material. Read More »
July 26, 2017
Watch highlights of 15 of the year's best animated and VFX shorts, with accompanying tech breakdowns. Read More »
July 25, 2017
Viewport 2.0 becomes the primary viewport; new features added to the MASH motion graphics and Bifröst fluid simulation toolsets. Read More »
June 29, 2017
Maya crowd animation tool gets new options for creating custom AI, support for traffic simulation, plus new dynamic emission system. Read More »
June 27, 2017
Foundry to resell the high-performance USD/Alembic data-transfer framework used on Logan and Doctor Strange. Read More »
June 23, 2017
Simulate large scenes up to 20x faster with the Maya crowd tool's new intelligent instancing system. Redshift support also now added. Read More »
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