Weeds: the story of an indie short made by Disney artists

Discover how artists working in their personal time created a 3D short using the same tech as a Disney feature.

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Liquid Dream Solutions ships ButterflyNetRender 7.0

Update to renderfarm manager restores desktop controller app in addition to web-based interface.

Tuesday, November 14th, 2017

Autodesk ships Flame 2018.3

Fourth update to Flame this year adds 360° viewing mode for VR, new Motion Warp tracking system, improved waveform monitoring.

Friday, October 27th, 2017

Blender Institute releases Attract and Flamenco

Blender production tracking system and render manager used on the Institute's shorts now in public beta.

Thursday, July 13th, 2017

Autodesk names Andrew Anagnost as new CEO

Former CMO and architect of the firm's move to a subscription-only business appointed to top job.

Tuesday, June 20th, 2017

Autodesk and Microsoft unveil Azure Batch Rendering

New cloud-based rendering service will let users submit jobs directly inside 3ds Max and Maya. Sign up for the preview.

Friday, May 26th, 2017

Thinkbox Software releases Deadline 9.0

Render farm manager gets a range of new security features; support for KeyShot, Altus and Silhouette.

Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Unity Technologies unveils Unity 2017 product roadmap

Features to include new cinematics toolsets, a scriptable rendering pipeline, and a new C# job system.

Thursday, March 2nd, 2017

Cospective ships cineSync 4.0

Big update to remote shot review system adds new Pro Studio subscriptions for security-critical jobs, plus support for iOS devices.

Wednesday, January 25th, 2017

Unity Technologies reveals 2017 Unity product roadmap

See all the new features due in Unity 5.6 and beyond - including a free integration of OctaneRender.

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016

Get 600+ free panoramas of trees, clouds and mountains

Updated with 100 new images: Download Double Negative matte painter Jacek Pilarksi's ultra-hi-res photo references.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

PipelineFX ships Qube! 6.9

Renderfarm manager adds support for Redshift and Katana; new option to pay for extra licences on a per minute basis during crunch periods.

Thursday, October 6th, 2016

VFX techniques: how to build a photorealistic 3D city

Past Rodeo FX environment lead Jeremy Boissinot breaks down his workflow on Jack the Giant Slayer.

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016