Boris FX releases Continuum 11 and Sapphire 11
Now shipping. See videos of the new tracking, keying and VR tools in the popular effects plugin suites.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
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Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course.
Thursday, June 15th, 2017
Eye candy: Autodesk's 2017 VFX reel
See the best new VFX created in Max and Maya: from Deadpool to The Mill's amazing commercials.
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
Boris FX releases Sapphire 10 Units
Popular suite of effects plugins now available as nine modular units, priced from $195 to $595 apiece.
Monday, March 27th, 2017
GenArts ships Sapphire 10
Now shipping: Suite of plugins for compositing apps gets three new effects, new presets for Builder.
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Autodesk unveils Flame 2017 Extension 1
Compositing and finishing tool to get 'Maya-inspired' scene navigation, plus better workflows for editing Batch schematics.
Friday, September 9th, 2016
Autodesk to discontinue turnkey Flame systems
High-end finishing system now available as a software-only product for Linux - and soon, for Mac OS X.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
GenArts ships Sapphire 9
Suite of plugins for editing and compositing tools gets four diverse new effects, plus advanced options for building your own.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
RE:Vision Effects ships new versions of RSMB, Twixtor
GPU-accelerated editions of motion blur and retiming plugins available for HitFilm, Natron and Autodesk compositing apps.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
GenArts ships Sapphire 8
Updated: New node-based Builder lets users create custom effects for host compositing and editing apps.
Sunday, December 21st, 2014
The Foundry announces pricing for Nuke Studio
New editorial, VFX and finishing system to ship for over $3,000 less than the cost of NukeX and Hiero.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Autodesk software now free to schools worldwide
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Autodesk adds Shotgun support to Flame 2015
New Extension 2 release adds support for the Autodesk-acquired asset-management platform.
Friday, September 12th, 2014