Autodesk lays off 1,350 staff

So why is the Maya and 3ds Max developer culling 9% of its global workforce when revenue is actually going up across the business?

Tuesday, March 4th, 2025

CETA Software launches Artist Access

Check out the new time-tracking tools in the cloud-based production management platform for VFX. Free for six months to startup studios.

Friday, February 28th, 2025

Technicolor Group begins to shut down operations

Financial problems of the owner of Mikros Animation and VFX Oscar-winners MPC and The Mill threaten thousands of artists' jobs worldwide.

Tuesday, February 25th, 2025

Left Angle releases Autograph 2025

Big update to the compositing and motion design app adds a DaVinci Resolve Live Link, an After Effects converter - and a new free edition.

Tuesday, January 21st, 2025

NIM Labs launches NIM 7.0

Studio management platform for VFX and visualization gets new scheduling, conflict detection and resource usage tracking features.

Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2025.2

3D modeling and animation software gets support for SVG files and a new Flow Retopology plugin for cloud-based workflow.

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

Autodesk releases Maya 2025.1

Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, from updates to LookdevX to a sneak peek at character rigging in Bifrost.

Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024

Twinmotion is now free to indie artists and studios

Real-time visualization tool is free for commercial use to anyone earning under $1 million/year. See what else is new in Twinmotion 2023.2.4.

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

AWS launches Deadline Cloud

Online service based around AWS's free Deadline renderfarm manager 'makes it easy to set up a cloud-based render farm in minutes'.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024

Unity to lay off 25% of its staff

Firm to cut approximately 1,800 jobs in a bid to refocus on its core game engine and game tools business.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2024

Chaos ships V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 2

Sizeable update to the production renderer adds MaterialX support, new Enscape bridge, and updates to V-Ray GPU and Chaos Scatter.

Thursday, November 30th, 2023

Unity ends services agreement with Wētā FX: 265 staff laid off

Firms to end deal struck in 2021 when Unity acquired Weta Digital's in-house VFX technology and engineering staff.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

Epic Games lays off 16% of its employees, sells Bandcamp

But the firm 'continues to invest' in Unreal Engine, MetaHuman, Megascans, Twinmotion and RealityCapture, despite 830 job cuts.

Friday, September 29th, 2023