Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 5.0.4 for Maya
Gaseous fluid simulator gets new multiview option for the GPU viewport, more controls for Turbulence Noise.
Friday, August 9th, 2019
GPU-accelerated
Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 16 Studio
Compositing app gets revamped UI and more GPU acceleration, but the free edition has been dropped.
Thursday, August 8th, 2019
Modo, KeyShot and Blender to support RTX-based rendering
All three applications to support hardware-accelerated ray tracing on Nvidia's RTX GPUs in future.
Thursday, August 1st, 2019
Blender 2.80 ships
Major update to the open-source 3D software ships after four years of planning and development. Discover its key features here.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2019
Chaos Group releases V-Ray for Houdini
Now shipping: new edition of V-Ray lets VFX studios use Houdini for look dev as well as final rendering.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
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
Sitni Sati releases FumeFX 5.0.4 for 3ds Max
Gaseous fluid simulator can now use 3ds Max 2020.1's detachable viewports as floating previews.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2019
Check out 'cinematography simulator' Cine Tracer
Interesting UE4-based tool lets users plan shots using CG versions of real-world lights and cameras.
Thursday, July 18th, 2019
Sneak peek: Nuke 12.0's upcoming Inpaint tool
GPU-accelerated tool will work like Photoshop's Healing Brush, quickly cloning out blemishes and markers.
Monday, July 15th, 2019
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.5
LightWave fluid simulation plugin gets new foam and white water system; improved memory usage.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Uppercut releases U-Render 2019.06 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' physically based renderer gets support for 360° spherical and overscan rendering.
Friday, June 21st, 2019
Red Giant launches VFX Suite
Set of 9 GPU-based, VFX-focused After Effects plugins includes neat new tool Supercomp; updates to Primatte Keyer, Knoll Light Factory.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
RandomControl launches Maverick Studio
Updated: new visualisation tool from the creators of the Arion renderer gets perpetual licences.
Tuesday, June 18th, 2019