Boris FX ships Optics 2022.5
Cinematic effects plugin for Photoshop can now render particle animations over still images to create looping cinemagraphs.
Monday, October 10th, 2022
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Boris FX releases Sapphire 2022.5
Suite of effects plugins gets more lens flares and light leaks; multi-GPU support in DaVinci Resolve.
Saturday, May 28th, 2022
Reallusion ships iClone 8
Updated with new video: check out the new features in this major update to the real-time animation software, along with its new pricing.
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.04
Real-time rendering toolkit gets physically accurate DoF, lens flares and motion blur. GPU ray tracing now supported on AMD hardware.
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
Get ActionVFX and FILMPAC's free Inferno Collection
Free asset pack for the Inferno Challenge art contest includes nine 2K effects clips of fire and smoke. Commercial use.
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022
Maxon ships VFX Suite 3.1
Suite of After Effects plugins for common visual effects tasks gets new physically based lens flare generation tool Real Lens Flares.
Monday, April 25th, 2022
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
D5 Render 1.9 ships
Dimension 5's rapidly evolving RTX-accelerated GPU renderer for 3ds Max and Blender gets new time-and-latitude based sky system.
Friday, May 28th, 2021
Boris FX ships Sapphire 2021.5
Effects plugins for compositing and editing apps get native support for Apple's M1 processors and multi-frame rendering in After Effects.
Thursday, May 6th, 2021
Boris FX's new Optics app gives 'VFX for photographers'
New Photoshop plugin and standalone image-editing app includes key filters from Sapphire.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Reallusion reveals iClone 2020 product roadmap
Updated: see the new cloth physics transfer system due in iClone 7.8 and the UE4 live link next month.
Thursday, June 25th, 2020
Boris FX ships Sapphire 2020.5
Check out the new features in the popular suite of effects plugins for editing and composing software.
Saturday, May 30th, 2020
Red Giant ships VFX Suite 1.5
Suite of After Effects plugins for visual effects work gets Lens Distortion, a new automated lens correction tool. Check it out here.
Friday, May 15th, 2020