Autodesk ships Maya 2019.1 and Maya LT 2019.1
Maya 2019.1 adds new options to use light expressions and overrides with render layers. Mainly bugfixes in Maya LT 2019.1.
Thursday, May 30th, 2019
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IDV ships SpeedTree 8.4
Games edition of the tree-generation tool gets new wind animation algorithm, better texture atlas generation. Smaller updates to the Cinema edition.
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
PSD to 3D turns Photoshop sketches into 3D scenes
Convert your 2D drawings into animatable 3D meshes in Maya with e→d films' neat new tool.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
New tool Masterpiece Motion lets you rig characters in VR
Intuitive new app lets users place bones and paint skin weights in VR, using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Tuesday, May 14th, 2019
Learn the art of lighting for animation
Master key skills in Maya, Arnold and Nuke with Sony Pictures Imageworks lighting TD Alex Corll's new video tutorial.
Saturday, May 11th, 2019
Luxion ships KeyVR
New 'one-click' VR solution lets 3D artists and designers view KeyShot scenes in virtual reality, complete with simple built-in interactions.
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Academy Software Foundation to host OpenEXR, OpenCue
Industry open-source initiative to 'support and drive collaboration' around OpenCue render manager.
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
Eye candy: Chaos Group's new V-Ray VFX showreel
See amazing work created with the renderer, then follow our links to the studios' technical breakdowns.
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
Google Cloud launches Zync Render 2.0
Online rendering service now offers up to 48,000 CPU cores per user, new GPU rendering options.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Discover how to create a CG superhero animation for VFX
Supergirl animation supervisor Elaina Scott's Gnomon tutorial takes you from previs to final shot.
Friday, April 26th, 2019
Epic Games releases Unreal Studio 4.22
Real-time visualisation platform gets hardware-accelerated ray tracing, option to import simple 3ds Max animations.
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
Discover how CoSA VFX created Lucifer's wings
See key artists break down their CG work on the drama at Gnomon's Hollywood campus next week. Watch free online.
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 13.0
Major update to the 3D software adds new GPU render engine, animation layers, first step towards Houdini-like procedural workflows.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019