Red Giant Software unveils Magic Bullet Looks 2.5
Free GPU-accelerated update to colour-grading tool offers "up to 95%" speed boost on Windows.
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
After Effects
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 1311
Affordable match-moving tool gets 3D planar tracker, better scripting support. Pricing cut still further.
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
Review: LightWave 11.0 to 11.6
Andy Bishop looks back over NewTek's11.x series of releases, and assesses what comes next.
Monday, November 11th, 2013
Maxon upgrades Cineware as part of After Effects update
Use Cinema 4D's Physical renderer inside the AE viewport as part of the After Effects CC (12.1) release.
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013
Adobe ships After Effects CC, includes Cinema 4D Lite
Update also adds 'live link' with Cinema 4D, better Warp Stablizer, roto tools and 3D Camera Tracker.
Thursday, June 20th, 2013
RE:Vision Effects ships RE:Match for Nuke, Fusion
Formerly After Effects and Premiere Pro-only color-matching plugin suite now available for OFX compositors.
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Adobe kills Creative Suites, moves to Creative Cloud
We round up the facts - and bust some of the myths - about Adobe's licensing model for its creative tools.
Monday, May 6th, 2013
The best new software from NAB 2013
We round up the tools most relevant to CG Channel, including Sapphire 7 and SliceX powered by mocha.
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Motion Boutique releases Newton 2.0 for After Effects
Now shipping: After Effects physics engine gets cool new simulation tools, including basic soft bodies.
Thursday, February 21st, 2013
MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0
Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
NewTek begins shipping LightWave 11.5
Well-received update adds Genoma rigging system, better After Effects interoperability, nice modelling tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Video Copilot releases Element 3D 1.5
Free update to the plugin adds support for rendering 3D animations in real time inside After Effects.
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Eye candy: Exodus
Cool glows rule supreme in Magnus Östergren's unique freeform short, created with After Effects' Mir plugin.
Friday, January 18th, 2013