10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.23.121
Big update with a small version number adds a new GPU-based chroma keyer to the real-time motion graphics and VFX software.
Friday, June 19th, 2020
LIDAR
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.25
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from new ray traced materials to LIDAR support.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Get Allan McKay's free 15-hour The Shores VFX course
Create a building destruction shot in 3ds Max, tyFlow and Phoenix FD with this new video training course.
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
Get Allan McKay's free Thanos VFX video training course
Destroy the Avengers antihero using 3ds Max, tyFlow and Phoenix FD in this epic set of free tutorials.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
Get Allan McKay's free 7-hour Venom VFX training course
Free video tutorials reveal how to recreate everyone's favourite alien symbiote in 3ds Max and V-Ray. Includes project files.
Saturday, November 17th, 2018
SideFX ships Houdini Reality Capture plugin as free beta
New photogrammetry plugin lets artists use RealityCapture's popular toolset directly inside Houdini.
Wednesday, August 29th, 2018
Nurulize unveils Atom View and Nu Design
Amazing new VR toolset lets artists stream complex VFX assets into game engines via point clouds.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2017
Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016
Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Thinkbox Software releases Sequoia
Updated, now shipping: Standalone tool coverts ultra-dense point cloud data into production-ready meshes.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
Autodesk Labs releases Project Memento
Free tech preview provides simple, semi-automatic tools to clean up laser scan and photogrammetry data.
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
SynthEyes 1212 adds multiple camera views
$600 camera tracker smooths out stereoscopic tracking workflow, adds option to import Lidar data.
Friday, December 14th, 2012
Fabric Engine launches Creation Platform
See cool tools built with the high-performance app development framework running inside Maya.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012