The Foundry has a new owner - and it isn't Adobe
Private equity firm HgCapital buys majority stake in The Foundry, which stays one of CG's 'few independent companies'.
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
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Adobe preparing a bid to buy The Foundry?
Owners The Carlyle Group looking for '£150m to £200m' for the firm, reports UK paper The Telegraph.
Monday, April 27th, 2015
Autodesk acquires Tweak Software
Developers of the RV image viewer will join Autodesk's Shotgun team: tools may be integrated in future.
Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
Boris FX acquires Imagineer Systems
Imagineer's mocha planar tracking system to be integrated into Boris FX's Continuum Complete plugins.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
The Carlyle Group to sell The Foundry in 2015?
Private equity firm looking to sell the firm next year for "up to £200m" reports the UK's Sunday Times.
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
The Foundry buys Mischief creator Made With Mischief
Cult $25 pen-sketching tool becomes The Foundry's first truly mass-market digital art product.
Thursday, November 13th, 2014
Blackmagic Design acquires eyeon Software
And if it can do with Fusion what it has done with DaVinci Resolve, that's probably not a bad thing.
Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
Autodesk adds Shotgun support to Flame 2015
New Extension 2 release adds support for the Autodesk-acquired asset-management platform.
Friday, September 12th, 2014
The best of last week's CG news in brief
Read our five-minute digest, from Blender 2.71 and GPU support in Fabric Engine to Autodesk buying Shotgun.
Tuesday, July 1st, 2014
Autodesk buys the Bitsquid game engine
Technology from next-gen console and PC engine to be used to create new real-time 3D visualisation tools.
Monday, June 9th, 2014
Lagoa buys 3DTin
Cloud-based rendering service buys browser-based modelling tool to improve its scene-editing capabilities.
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
Disney to buy Lucasfilm, make new Star Wars movies
George Lucas stays on as 'creative consultant'; ILM and LucasArts also caught up in the $4.05 billion deal.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Autodesk acquires Naiad
Updated: Autodesk confirms deal to acquire fluid simulation tool, merge technology into existing products.
Monday, August 13th, 2012