Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro
Paid standalone edition of the 3D particle generator supersedes the old free edition, but can be run indefinitely in trial mode.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
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Sneak peek: Chaos's new AI technologies
Check out the tech in development at Chaos Next, the firm's new 'AI lab', ranging from PBR material generation to 3D set extension.
Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
NVIDIA unveils new RTX 500 and RTX 1000 pro laptop GPUs
New 4GB and 6GB cards round out the low end of the Ada Generation GPUs for mobile workstations. Check out their other key specs.
Monday, February 26th, 2024
Airen 4D is an upcoming 'AI render engine' for Cinema 4D
Intriguing plugin uses Stable Diffusion AI models to turn simple geometry into photorealistic images, with detailed materials and lighting.
Monday, February 12th, 2024
InstaMAT Studio is now available
Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.
Thursday, January 25th, 2024
Blockade Labs rolls out Skybox AI 0.9
Online tool for generating 360° environments from text prompts or sketches now generates 3D world meshes as well as 2D skyboxes.
Tuesday, December 26th, 2023
How new AI workflows helped create indie VFX short BYE-BYE
VFX artist Freddy Chávez Olmos reveals how generative AI and Nuke's CopyCat toolset created digital make-up for his horror short.
Friday, December 8th, 2023
Adobe releases Photoshop 25.2 and Photoshop on the iPad 5.3
Check out the workflow changes in the desktop edition of the image editing software, and the generative AI tools in the tablet edition.
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
Boris FX releases Continuum 2024
Effects plugins for compositing and video editing apps get new AI-based video denoising and upresing tools, new audio visualizer effect.
Monday, November 27th, 2023
Free tool: HeliumX AI for After Effects
Free generative AI plugin creates images and textures inside After Effects from text prompts, or even frames of a composition.
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
Check out text-to-3D service Masterpiece X - Generate
Browser-based service generates low-poly 3D props and characters for indie games or AR projects from simple text descriptions.
Monday, October 16th, 2023
Adobe's Project Fast Fill brings Firefly's Generative Fill to video
Experimental automatic object-replacement system is an 'early look' at how generative AI could be used in tools like After Effects.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
Adobe launches new Image 2 AI model in Firefly
Check out the new features in Adobe's next-gen generative AI model, now powering Firefly's updated Text to Image system.,
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023