Epic Games acquires Quixel
All 10,000-plus Megascans assets to be made free to Unreal Engine users; Quixel Mixer and Bridge to be released free for everyone.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
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Tech focus: Modo's new mPath render engine
Modo's new path tracer promises faster, more flexible renders than the default CPU engine. Discover how it works.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 13.2
3D modelling and animation tool gets new mPath render engine, new Planar IK solver for character rigging, new Edge Chamfer tool.
Tuesday, November 12th, 2019
Download 600+ free 4K texture sets from Share Textures
Updated: website provides sets of 4,096 x 4,096px textures of real-world materials via a CC0 licence.
Sunday, November 10th, 2019
Uppercut releases U-Render 2019.11 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer for Cinema 4D now out of early access - and now supports volumetrics.
Friday, November 8th, 2019
Sneak peek: Adobe's Project Sweet Talk and Go Figure
New AI-based tools automatically animate 2D characters to match source audio or video footage.
Friday, November 8th, 2019
Foundry closes Athera
All-in-one production platform pitched as a complete visual effects studio in the cloud shuts just 18 months after its commercial launch.
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
ftrack acquires Cospective
Production tracking firm buys Academy Award-winning creator of shot review tools. What does the deal do for cineSync and Frankie?
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Real-time ray tracing, Havok physics due in Unity this year
Updated: Havok Physics now out as a preview package. DXR ray tracing also available in preview.
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Chaos Czech ships Corona Renderer 5 for 3ds Max
Performance-focused update adds new 2.5D displacement system and new hair materials to the renderer.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
Foundry ships Mari 4.6
Update extends the 3D texturing app's procedural materials system, adds V-Ray and 3Delight shaders, and streamlines the node graph.
Wednesday, November 6th, 2019
Adobe ships Substance Alchemist 2019.1
Next-gen material authoring tool now out of beta. First official release adds new delighter filter.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019
Adobe ships Photoshop 21.0
Image-editing and painting tool gets neat AI-driven object selection tool; improved Content-Aware Fill, image warping and HDR editing.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2019