Autodesk releases Toxik and MatchMover for free
Updated: Compositor and camera tracker available via the Exchange Apps store, along with Backburner.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
Thinkbox Software ships Krakatoa for Cinema 4D
Updated: C4D port of particle renderer now shipping. Costs $400 less than the Max or Maya versions.
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
Gnomon to host free panel discussion on art direction
Free Headspace Q&A session on 17 April to feature Dylan Cole and The Darkness creator Marc Silvestri.
Friday, April 11th, 2014
Download Wave Deformer for Cinema 4D
Johannes Kollender's neat free plugin creates animated ocean waves from any polygonal surface.
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Eye candy: The Foundry's 2014 showreel
Watch a kaleidoscopic three-minute burst of CG created using Foundry tools, from Gravity to Smaug.
Thursday, April 10th, 2014
Eye candy: Departures
Check out the Kickstarter campaign for ILM matte painter Jorik Dozy's atmospheric short.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
HP ships DreamColor Z24x and Z27x displays
New 24" model brings the cost of the legendarily pricey pro displays down to a more affordable $599.
Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
Gnomon Gallery to host free Art of Titanfall exhibition
See behind-the-scenes images of men and mechs from Respawn Entertainment's online shooter.
Wednesday, April 9th, 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
The Foundry announces Nuke Studio
New 'super Nuke' will be a complete "VFX, editorial and finishing studio" including all the features of NukeX.
Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
The Foundry ships Mari 2.6
Good update for games artists adds physically correct shading, layered GLSL shaders, in-viewport IBL.
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Devil & Demon launches VFX 'supercomputers for all'
New AMD-based workstations and render units provide disruptive compute power for smaller studios.
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Mamoworld releases MochaImport+ for Nuke
New plugin makes it easier to pull mocha Pro tracking data into Nuke; adds stablised precomp workflow.
Friday, April 4th, 2014