Pixar releases RenderMan 25
Heavyweight VFX and animation renderer now includes Pixar's own AI-trained denoiser. Sizeable update to RenderMan XPU, too.
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
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Autodesk unveils Maya Assist
New AI-powered system for controlling Maya by entering natural-language text prompts launches in beta later this month.
Saturday, April 1st, 2023
Nvidia announces Spring 2023 updates to Omniverse
Check out the latest changes to Omniverse including upcoming support for real-time ray traced subsurface shading.
Saturday, March 25th, 2023
These free scripts put ChatGPT inside CG software
Use the AI chatbot to write custom scripts inside After Effects, Blender, Nuke and Unity with these add-ons.
Friday, March 24th, 2023
Move.ai now works with Android phones and webcams
Promising AI-based markerless mocap system now works on video from any device, not just iPhones.
Monday, March 20th, 2023
Free NeRF toolset Nerfstudio now supports 360° video
Reconstruct 3D scenes matching 360-degree video and export to DCC apps as PLY or OBJ files.
Monday, March 13th, 2023
Stability.ai releases its Stable Diffusion add-on for Blender
Stability for Blender puts the AI image generator into Blender - for animation as well as still images.
Monday, March 6th, 2023
Move.ai releases its AI-based mocap app for iOS
Promising new app aims to capture production-quality mocap for games and VFX on 2-6 iPhones.
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
Modif: a free AI-based mocap app for iOS and Android
Plask's new mobile app extracts full-body animation data from video captured on your phone or tablet.
Tuesday, February 28th, 2023
Free tool: Mohsen Tabasi's StableDiffusion_Houdini 2.0
Use Stable Diffusion to turn simple 3D scenes in Houdini into detailed concept images and illustrations.
Monday, February 20th, 2023
Chaos releases V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 1
Check out the new features in this wide-ranging update to the renderer, including USD export.
Wednesday, February 15th, 2023
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.0
Major update to the material authoring tool adds intuitive new AI-assisted 3D scanning toolset.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
Kinetix launches Kinetix Studio 2.0
Free browser-based AI mocap platform now supports animation style transfer and motion blending.
Sunday, January 29th, 2023