March 20, 2012
Compositing apps gain support for importing layered PSD files and the new OpenColorIO open standard. Read More »
March 15, 2012
Update to the paint app adds texture replication options, navigation presets to mimic Maya and Houdini. Read More »
March 8, 2012
Hard-to-pigeonhole VFX shot management and review tool is "******* brilliant", say beta testers. Read More »
February 2, 2012 | 2 comments
New deal enables students and teachers to rent NukeX, Mari and the upcoming Hiero for $250 per year. Read More »
January 19, 2012
Test the VFX project management and shot review tool before the price goes up to $5,000 this February. Read More »
November 30, 2011
Latest update to 3D paint tool adds support for layered PSDs, triplanar texture projection and OpenColorIO. Read More »
November 3, 2011
Set of Nuke stereo workflow plug-ins gets major update, including new retiming and focus-matching tools. Read More »
October 27, 2011
Former Imageworks in-house technology ships as commercial look dev tool: ILM among first users. Read More »
August 23, 2011
Watch mind-blowing new things created in Nuke and Mari pop and flash to the strains of Underworld. Read More »
July 1, 2011
Free Mari 1.3v2 update speeds up matte painting and clean-up work by up to 30%, developer estimates. Read More »
May 31, 2011
Latest update to 3D painting tool also adds displacement preview, environment mapping. Read More »
May 5, 2011
Our latest show report rises from the murk of industry politics to discover why the future is bright for open-source production tools. Read More »
April 18, 2011
Version 1.3 of The Foundry's 3D paint package to support Disney's UV-less texture format. Read More »
January 27, 2011
Texturing tool gets new mirror function, fractal noise shaders and Python integration - but no official support for ATI GPUs yet. Read More »
January 4, 2011
Digital Domain and MPC using it in alpha, but few other details on the new look-dev tool yet. Read More »
December 20, 2010
Version 6.2 of leading compositing package out today. Nuke also updated; gets new Dope Sheet. Read More »
December 2, 2010 | 2 comments
New tool speeds up rough cuts and playback of digital footage 'like REDCINE-X on steroids'. Read More »
November 4, 2010
Demo of the Weta-developed 3D painting tool to appear on the DVD of 3D World magazine Read More »
September 28, 2010
Nuke developer placed in Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 as profits grow by over 60%. Read More »