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

AMD releases Radeon ProRender 3.5 for Blender

Free GPU renderer gets new bevel shader, better interactive rendering. New Maya and Houdini versions also available.

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

Chaos releases Chaos Player Update 1

Image sequence viewer gets new Contacts Sheet system for viewing render elements and shot variants.

Tuesday, November 1st, 2022

Adobe ships After Effects 23.0

Update to the compositing app makes it possible to use any layer as a track matte. 3D model import and OCIO support now in beta.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

Blender will no longer ditch the VFX Reference platform

Open-source 3D app to revert to supporting the industry standard after criticism from VFX artists.

Thursday, September 29th, 2022

Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2023

3D software gets new soft body physics and symmetry modelling systems, OpenColorIO support. Updates are now subscription-only.

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

ASWF adopts OpenAssetIO and OpenFX

VFX industry body to oversee development of open standards for plugins and asset management.

Thursday, August 4th, 2022