Tech focus: Nuke's AIR machine learning framework
Neat toolset lets VFX artists train their own neural networks to automate repetive tasks like roto.
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
machine learning
Foundry ships Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio & Nuke Indie 13.0
Big update to the compositing apps adds new Hydra viewport, ground-breaking machine learning toolset.
Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 2102
3D tracking software gets support for Apple's new M1 processors and for modern high-DPI monitors.
Monday, February 8th, 2021
Agisoft ships Metashape 1.7
Check out the new features in the photogrammetry tool, including faster depth map generation and integration with laser scan data.
Friday, January 8th, 2021
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2020.3b
New free beta of the promising physics and AI-based animation tool adds an auto-keying system.
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
Nvidia launches the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
New $399 8GB card outperforms the old RTX 2080 Super in Arnold, Blender, Redshift and V-Ray 5.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
Autodesk previews next-gen tech coming to Shotgun
Generative Scheduling and Asset Lifecycle Management are the 'future of production management'.
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Autodesk ships Flame 2021.2
Compositing and finishing software's neat AI-driven Salient Keyer automatically mattes any selected object within an image.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Nvidia unveils GeForce RTX 3070, 3080 and 3090 GPUs
Check out the key specs of the Ampere cards, including GPU ray tracing in Blender, Arnold, V-Ray.
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020
Adobe ships Fresco 1.9
Natural media painting and vector drawing app for iOS and Windows devices gets new brush previews, plus support for clipping masks.
Thursday, August 20th, 2020
Microsoft becomes latest tech giant to back Blender
Strings-free €30,000/year donation will help pay for new Blender staff - now including non-developers.
Thursday, July 30th, 2020
Andersson Technologies releases SynthEyes 2007
3D tracking software gets new ARRIRAW and Blackmagic RAW file readers, better LIDAR support.
Tuesday, July 14th, 2020
Check out Gigapixel AI 5.0
Neat AI-based tool upscales images up to 600% without losing detail. Can also be used to upres or remove noise from 3D renders.
Tuesday, June 30th, 2020