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Major update to the Maya crowds tool adds new workflows for creating shots without simulation, and a new UE5-style ML Deformer.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

Free tool to prevent generative AI models from learning artists' personal styles from online images is now faster and more robust.

Monday, April 15th, 2024

High-performance video retiming tool's new AI-trained algorithm reduces 'wobbles, gloopiness and ghosting' on tricky shots.

Thursday, March 7th, 2024

AI-based app upscales images by up to 600% without losing detail, including 3D renders. Check out the changes in the latest release.

Monday, January 22nd, 2024

VFX artist Freddy Chávez Olmos reveals how generative AI and Nuke's CopyCat toolset created digital make-up for his horror short.

Friday, December 8th, 2023

Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.

Thursday, November 9th, 2023

Check out the new features in the compositing and editorial software, including native Apple Silicon and OpenAssetIO support.

Friday, October 13th, 2023

Volume 2 now available: master the Maya soft tissue simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive two-part guide.

Friday, September 8th, 2023

Now out of preview: read our pick of the new features in UE5, from rendering OpenVDB files to the new Skeletal and Panel Cloth Editors.

Wednesday, September 6th, 2023

Updated: New tech reconstructs 3D objects from video more accurately than current AI methods.

Tuesday, August 15th, 2023

Update to Android and iOS scanning app adds support for AI-based reconstruction of 3D objects.

Wednesday, August 9th, 2023

Ubiquitous tech for reading and writing images becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.

Tuesday, August 1st, 2023

New AI-based toolset generates real-time 3D characters that move with the accuracy of VFX rigs. Works with Maya, Unity, Unreal.

Friday, July 28th, 2023