Expresii 1.0 ships
Now shipping: promising $59 digital painting system uses fluid dynamics to mimic real brush-and-ink strokes.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Free Resources
Discover how to get a job at Industrial Light & Magic
Hear senior ILM recruiters give their VFX career tips at a free event at Gnomon in Hollywood this Thursday.
Monday, August 1st, 2016
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.4
New update to the game engine extends the particle controls and Cinematic Image Effects add-on.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Shotgun Software unveils Shotgun 7.0, RV 7.0
Update to production-tracking tool and integrated viewer uses EDL data to enable users to review shots within the latest cut.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion on Linux
Fusion 8.2 makes the compositor available on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. Free and $995 editions available.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Massive Software ships Massive for Max
New 3ds Max edition of the Academy Award-winning crowd simulator is V-Ray ready; includes free $3,000 'Ambient Agent'.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Solid Angle releases Arnold for 3ds Max
Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.2
Neat new material layering system lets users visualise complex composite materials accurately within the software.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Maya V2.0
Create fast previz renders of Maya scenes in common panoramic formats - now including Facebook 360's native format.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.3
Cool 'Blocks' functionality makes CG tools development platform's visual programming even more accessible to non-coders.
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
ftrack gets integration with Cinema 4D and 3ds Max
Free plugins let users access the cloud-based production tracking system directly within Max and C4D.
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
Pixar ships RenderMan 21
Major update to the heavyweight production renderer adds Pixar's own in-house shaders and lights, removes Reyes rendering and RSL.
Wednesday, July 20th, 2016
Blender add-on mimics the PxrDisney shader in Cycles
Updated: Onelvxe Studios' add-on mimics RenderMan's 'ubershader' in Blender. Now a paid-for product as well as a free beta.
Tuesday, July 19th, 2016