Ziva Dynamics launches ZRT Face Trainer in beta
Sign up now to test this promising next-gen AI-trained automated facial rigging system for games.
Monday, November 22nd, 2021
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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
Unity Technologies cuts price of ArtEngine by 80%
Cost of a basic subscription to the AI-based material-processing app falls from $1,140 to $228 per year.
Friday, September 3rd, 2021
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 17.3
Free grading and editing software is now 'up to 3x' faster on Macs with Apple's new M1 processors.
Friday, August 20th, 2021
Nekki ships Cascadeur 2021.2
Unusual physics-based animation software gets a new Graph Editor, new tools for tweening character poses, and new spline IK system.
Thursday, July 29th, 2021
Adobe releases Fresco 2.7
Digital painting app gets Photoshop-style Adjustment layers, improved layer masking, plus image alignment guides and grids.
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
Reallusion launches AI Voice Actors plugin for iClone
Free plugin linking Replica Studios' AI voice system to iClone turns text into voice-acted facial animation.
Thursday, July 15th, 2021
Weta Digital unveils WetaM
New cloud-based service will let VFX artists use 100 of Weta's Academy Award-winning in-house tools inside a custom build of Maya.
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Unity Technologies releases ArtEngine 2021.5
AI-based texture-processing tool gets automated feature masking, plus option to export project files.
Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
Intel releases Open Image Denoise 1.4
Check out this major update to the CPU-based render denoising system used in Blender and Unity.
Monday, May 24th, 2021
Nekki ships Cascadeur 2021.1
First commercial release of the unusual physics-based animation app adds neat new Auto Physics tool. Still free to indie users, too.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021