Boris FX announces Boris FX Suite 2018
New suite to make FX and tracking tools Continuum, Sapphire, Mocha Pro available via a single licence.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
After Effects
Boris FX to 'reboot' Particle Illusion
Veteran After Effects particle tool to get full redesign; relaunch as part of Continuum 12 later this year.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Boris FX ships Mocha VR 5.6
Free update to the planar tracking tool for 360-degree footage adds support for stereoscopic workflows, improved horizon stabilisation.
Tuesday, February 6th, 2018
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2017
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by our 125,000 Facebook followers.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
Black Friday and winter 2017 deals for CG artists
Updated with discounts valid until the New Year, including Affinity Photo and Marmoset Toolbag.
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
OLM Digital ships OLM Blur, Radial Blur and Directional Blur
Download the Japanese studio's neat new free After Effects plugins tailored to 2D animation work.
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
Adobe ships After Effects CC (October 2017)
Videos: see the new tools for editing 360-degree VR video and creating data-driven animation.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Adobe releases Character Animator CC
Videos: Commercial release of the 2D animation tool adds pose-to-pose option, new collision system.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Boris FX releases Continuum 11 and Sapphire 11
Now shipping. See videos of the new tracking, keying and VR tools in the popular effects plugin suites.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
Mettle ships Mantra VR
Intriguing new After Effects and Premiere Pro plugin enables users to apply 16 stylised procedural effects to 360-degree VR footage.
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
Otoy releases free Nuke, After Effects plugins for OctaneVR
Subscription-only edition of the Octane renderer adds free support for the leading compositing tools.
Tuesday, September 5th, 2017
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1708
Camera tracking app gets improved export to After Effects and Fusion; support for HEVC video compression.
Sunday, August 27th, 2017
Flowbox releases Flowbox 1.5
Promising new rotoscoping software gets option to track or view roto shapes individually, and to export them to After Effects.
Sunday, August 27th, 2017