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Unity acquires Ziva Dynamics

Buyout of leading character rigging and simulation tools developer strengthens Unity's portfolio of digital human and creature tech.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2022

Nekki ships Cascadeur 2021.3

Unusual physics-based animation software gets a new Animation Cycles system for seamlessly looping any character movement.

Wednesday, November 24th, 2021

Adobe ships Photoshop 23.0

Wide-ranging update adds one-click object masking, AI filters for concept art and matte painting, and new anti-image-theft features.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

Adobe ships After Effects 22.0

Compositing software gets long-awaited Multi-Frame Rendering system, new performance profiling tools, update to Cinema 4D Lite.

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

Autodesk ships Arnold 7.0

Major update to the renderer adds Open Image Denoise and real-time colour correction, and extends Arnold GPU and USD workflows.

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021