Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 18.5
Big update to the grading, editing and VFX software adds USD support, AI-based relighting tools.
Monday, July 24th, 2023
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
Discover 5 key features for CG artists in Unity 2023.1
Discover the key features in the new stable version of Unity, including better water, hair, skin and lens flares.
Thursday, July 6th, 2023
Download Alex Senechal's free 10K studio HDRIs
Get 10,000 x 5,000px HDRIs mimicking real-world studio lighting set-ups in HDR and EXR format.
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
Free tool: Batch Tonemapper
Handy free app batch-generates JPEG thumbnails for EXR and HDR files so they can be previewed properly on Windows or Linux.
Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
Download 10 x 16K space HDRIs from ProductionCrate
Get 10 free high-res HDRIs suitable for rendering deep space scenes. EXR format, for commercial use.
Sunday, January 8th, 2023
Blackmagic Design ships DaVinci Resolve for iPad
Video editing, colour grading and effects software now available for iPad and iPad Pro, although there are some limitations.
Friday, December 23rd, 2022
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 18.1
Check out the neat new features in the free grading, editing and VFX app and its $295 Studio edition.
Friday, November 11th, 2022
Chaos releases Chaos Player Update 1
Image sequence viewer gets new Contacts Sheet system for viewing render elements and shot variants.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
Continuum 2022.5 ships
Update to Boris FX's set of effects plugins for compositing apps adds the option to emit particles from 3D models inside Particle Illusion.
Friday, June 24th, 2022
RandomControl ships Maverick Studio and Indie 2021.6
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Maxon ships VFX Suite 2.1
See what's new in this performance-focused update to Maxon's suite of After Effects plugins for common VFX tasks.
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
ArmorPaint 0.8 ships
Huge update to the open-source 3D texture painting app adds real-time path tracing, edge wear materials, decals, and live links to Blender and Maya.
Friday, October 22nd, 2021