Autodesk joins Khronos Group
FBX developer to join open standards body's 3D Formats Working Group to support development of the glTF file format.
Thursday, July 25th, 2019
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Autodesk ships Flame 2020.1
VFX and finishing software gets new AI-based sky extraction system, plus the option to extract mattes from motion vector data.
Thursday, July 25th, 2019
Autodesk to stop issuing activation codes for older apps
Activation to cease for the 2010 editions this year; then for most Autodesk software more than three versions old in 2021.
Thursday, June 27th, 2019
Autodesk ships Mudbox 2019.1
Digital sculpting software gets automatic user interface scaling when working on high-resolution monitors, plus over 40 bugfixes.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2020.1
Latest update to the 3D software adds new hotkey editor, support for three floating viewports, more updates to the Chamfer modifier.
Wednesday, June 12th, 2019
Apple unveils 'modular, flexible' new 2019 Mac Pro
Expansible new replacement for the old trash can design to ship this fall. Check out the key specs here.
Tuesday, June 4th, 2019
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
Autodesk ships Flame 2020
Now shipping: compositing software gets AI-driven depth and normal map generators, support for Cryptomatte and OFX plugins.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
Eye candy: Autodesk's 2019 M&E showreel
See new work created in 3ds Max, Maya and Flame, from Fantastic Beasts to fabulous student shorts.
Monday, April 8th, 2019
Autodesk unveils 3ds Max roadmap for future updates
Proposed features include new procedural layout tools, animation retargeting, automated retopology.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Autodesk ships 3ds Max 2020
New update adds OSL-based toon shading and built-in greenscreen keying, and makes viewport animation playback up to 2x faster.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Rokoko's Motion Library is coming to Maya
New plugin to let users buy moves recorded by top Hollywood mocap studios within Maya for $3-6 each.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Autodesk unveils Arnold 5.3 with Arnold GPU
Long-awaited update brings a 'first taste' of GPU rendering to Arnold, plus better support for MaterialX.
Monday, March 18th, 2019