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Both firms retain own names and identities: work on modo, Nuke and other tools continues as normal.

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

Former Imageworks in-house technology ships as commercial look dev tool: ILM among first users.

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Digital Domain and MPC using it in alpha, but few other details on the new look-dev tool yet.

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Legal obstacles to open-sourcing the environment and plant-creation tools have been cleared - but email Bentley Systems to make it happen.

Wednesday, December 31st, 2025

First 2025 update to the high-end matchmoving app adds features for solving piggyback cameras, and a new Blender export script.

Tuesday, December 30th, 2025

Check out the latest changes to the matchmoving sofware, including improvements to lens distortion. Perpetual licenses available again.

Monday, December 29th, 2025

Check out the new features in the varied updates to the topology transfer tools for creating 3D characters from scan data.

Friday, December 26th, 2025

Site updates may be less frequent than usual over the next week, but normal service will resume on Monday 5 January.

Thursday, December 25th, 2025

First formal USD spec marks a step towards making USD an ISO-ratified cross-industry standard. See what it means for CG software developers.

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2025