Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.4 in public beta
Update promises "enhanced visuals" plus GPU instancing, better multicore rendering and VR support.
Thursday, March 17th, 2016
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FXhome ships HitFilm 4 Pro
Editing, compositing and effects app gets new 3D rendering, animation options, plus $299 Boris FX titling plugin 3D Objects thrown in free.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
Björn Sonnenschein creates Natronizer for Blender
Handy free live link plugin lets users composite Blender video projects in Natron, not the native compositor.
Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
FXhome releases Hitfilm 3 Express for free
Get a neat free edition of the editing, compositing and VFX tool. Limited to 1080p export, but licensed for commercial use.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
The best new software from NAB 2015
We round up the tools most relevant to CG Channel readers: from VFX software to plugins & pipeline apps.
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
FXhome updates HitFilm 3 Pro
Updated: Latest free update adds new Star Wars-style title crawl and support for DaVinci Resolve 11.
Monday, March 2nd, 2015
GenArts ships Sapphire 8
Updated: New node-based Builder lets users create custom effects for host compositing and editing apps.
Sunday, December 21st, 2014
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 7 for free
No optical flow or stereo tools, and no network rendering, but still a pretty darn powerful 3D compositor.
Monday, November 10th, 2014
FXhome announces HitFilm Plugins collection
New plugin pack provides over 130 grading, keying and effects tools for After Effects, Premiere Pro et al.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
Fxhome ships layer-based compositor for under $150
HitFilm Standard offers basic editing and effects for just $149. A $399 Ulitmate edition adds particles.
Friday, July 1st, 2011
PhotoCopy: interesting new quick grading tool?
After Effects, Photoshop plug-in automatically transfers the visual properties of one image to another.
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The Foundry releases free open beta of STORM
New tool speeds up rough cuts and playback of digital footage 'like REDCINE-X on steroids'.
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010