Adobe ships After Effects 24.0

Check out the new features in the compositing software, including the AI-powered Next-Gen Roto Brush and expanded OCIO support.

Tuesday, October 10th, 2023

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.2.4

Check out the latest changes to renderer, including better toon shading and faster rendering of mesh lights.

Thursday, October 5th, 2023

Serif releases Affinity Photo 2.2

Check out the new features in the latest free update to the image-editing software, including support for OCIO 2 color management.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

Unreal Engine 5.3: five key features for CG artists

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

ASWF adopts OpenImageIO

Ubiquitous tech for reading and writing images becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.

Tuesday, August 1st, 2023

Check out xStudio, DNEG's open-source playback tool

Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.

Monday, July 31st, 2023

Otoy joins the Academy Software Foundation

OctaneRender developer joins VFX and movie industry body alongside CoreWeave and Bolt Graphics.

Friday, July 7th, 2023

Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2024

3D modelling and rendering app gets new Boolean modifier, new material nodes, enhanced animation tools, and OCIO support.

Wednesday, March 29th, 2023

Adobe releases After Effects 23.2

Compositing app gets support for OCIO and ACES colour managment for VFX and movie editing projects.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2023

Autograph: a next-gen tool for motion design and VFX

Left Angle's unusual USD-based app is pitched as the world's first 'responsive design video software'.

Friday, January 20th, 2023

Boris FX releases Silhouette 2022.5

Roto and paint tool gets support for industry-standard ID matte generation system Cryptomatte.

Saturday, December 10th, 2022

Foundry releases Nuke 14.0

Major update to the compositing software adds complete new USD-based 3D system, plus free library of Nuke machine learning models.

Wednesday, December 7th, 2022

Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.1

Compositing software gets support for AI-based Magic Mask system and more GPU-accelerated tools.

Monday, November 14th, 2022