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
compositing
Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.2
3D app for graphic designers gets support for cloud rendering and Substance materials, but the old V-Ray render engine has gone.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Adobe releases After Effects CC 16.1
Spring 2019 update adds Content-Aware Fill for automatic object removal, new Expressions Editor.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.22
Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Master Houdini Terrain Techniques
Discover how to use Houdini's powerful terrain-generation tools with Gnomon's detailed tutorial.
Friday, March 29th, 2019
Boris FX releases free update to Continuum 2019
Free 12.0.1 update improves performance of the effects plugin suite's new Particle Illusion toolset.
Monday, February 25th, 2019
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 12.0 and HitFilm Express 12.0
Now available: 'Biggest ever' update adds threaded rendering, GPU video decoding to the editing and compositing app.
Friday, February 15th, 2019
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 4.0
Big update reworks the layout and rendering tool's lighting pipeline and adds USD support. See the key features and pricing changes here.
Friday, February 1st, 2019
RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Lens V2
Multi-host plugin extends options for stabilising and converting 360° footage, adds little planet effects.
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Isotropix ships Clarisse iFX 3.6 SP7
Free update to the look dev and rendering system adds support for Disney's principled shader model.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
Motion graphics tools pioneers win Sci-Tech Academy Awards
Original creators of After Effects, Photoshop and Cinema 4D's MoGraph toolset win tech Oscars.
Monday, December 17th, 2018
Foundry ships Nuke 11.3, NukeX 11.3, Nuke Studio 11.3
Nuke gets new Live Groups options and eGPU support; new Smart Vector tools and faster particle simulation in NukeX.
Friday, December 14th, 2018
Blender 2.80 is now in beta. See the top 5 features here
Videos: See five things to love about the open-source 3D app, from the new UI to rendering and 2D animation tools.
Friday, November 30th, 2018