PhotoLine 25 now reads Cryptomatte data

Check out the new features in the sub-$100 image editing app, including support for Cryptomatte data when retouching 3D renders.

Friday, January 24th, 2025

Cycles 4D gets principled shading, Cryptomatte support

Check out the new features in Insydium's Cinema 4D version of Blender's Cycles render engine.

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders

Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 20.0 in beta

Big update to the 3D compositor adds new deep compositing toolset, Cryptomatte support, and 180 VR workflows. See all the new features.

Monday, April 7th, 2025

Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 20.0 in beta

Discover key features for VFX artists and colorists in this major update to the free grading and editing app and its $295 Studio edition.

Sunday, April 6th, 2025

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2026

Check out the latest changes to the 3D modeling and rendering app, including updates to retopology, shading and animation.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Autodesk releases Maya 2026 and Maya Creative 2026

3D modeling and animation tool gets updates to the ML Deformer and liquid simulation in Bifrost. Check out all the new features here.

Wednesday, March 26th, 2025

Free tools: Render Manager and Light Editor for Blender

VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy add-ons streamline the process of managing lights and render layers within complex production scenes.

Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.7

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Wild Robot.

Thursday, December 26th, 2024

Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for SketchUp

SketchUp edition of the renderer gets support for 3D Gaussian Splats, luminaires for lighting, and new material override options.

Thursday, December 12th, 2024

Tutorial: Cinematic Lighting Shot Production

Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Sunday, October 6th, 2024

Chaos releases Corona 12 for 3ds Max and Cinema 4D

Check out the new features in the 3ds Max and Cinema 4D renderer, including 'VFB 2.0' and initial integration with Chaos Vantage.

Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024

DreamWorks Animation releases MoonRay 1.5

Check out the latest features in the open-source release of DreamWorks' renderer, used on movies like The Croods: A New Age.

Sunday, March 3rd, 2024