GenArts ships Sapphire 8
Updated: New node-based Builder lets users create custom effects for host compositing and editing apps.
Sunday, December 21st, 2014
compositing
Gnomon ships Introduction to Maya Fluid Effects 2 and 3
FX TD Wayne Hollingsworth's videos provide a complete guide to creating production-ready simulations.
Thursday, December 18th, 2014
The Foundry ships Nuke 9, NukeX 9, Nuke Studio 9
New versions of the compositing tools now shipping. Price up slightly from Nuke 8, but down for NukeX.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2014
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 7 for free
No optical flow or stereo tools, and no network rendering, but still a pretty darn powerful 3D compositor.
Monday, November 10th, 2014
Imagineer Systems ships mocha Plus 4.1 and Pro 4.1
Free update to planar tracking tools adds support for multi-part OpenEXR 2.0 files and exporting open splines.
Friday, November 7th, 2014
Tech video: Adobe's #3DPhotoMagic demo
Experimental tool lets users drag 3D models into photos and matches alignment and lighting automatically.
Monday, October 20th, 2014
Gnomon releases Maya Viewport 2.0 and Shader FX
Eric Keller's five-hour DVD provides a complete guide to Maya 2015's powerful real-time previews.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
SGO ships Mamba FX 2.0
Check out this $320 node-based compositor for Windows, Linux and Mac from the makers of Mistika.
Friday, July 18th, 2014
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards
See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
Adobe releases Photoshop Mix, Sketch and Line apps
New free iOS apps provide basic compositing, drawing and drafting tools on your iPad.
Thursday, June 19th, 2014
Eyeon ships Fusion 7
First full update to the compositing package in five years throws in the $995 Dimension stereo tools for free.
Thursday, June 12th, 2014
Sign up for Gnomon Master Classes 2014
Learn from senior artists at Disney, Marvel and Blizzard in next month's series of 14 exclusive interactive online workshops.
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
Autodesk releases Toxik and MatchMover for free
Updated: Compositor and camera tracker available via the Exchange Apps store, along with Backburner.
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014