Pixar ships RenderMan 22.6
Production renderer gets new Mari integration plugin, hdPrman plugin to render USD files, PxrCurvature for creating edge wear effects.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Mari
VFX veteran Jody Madden becomes new Foundry CEO
Leading visual effects software firm's new boss previously worked at ILM, Lucasfilm, Digital Domain.
Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
Pixar releases Opensubdiv 3.4
Open-source subdivision library used in many DCC tools now supports same feature set for Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Foundry ships Mari 4.5
Big update to 3D texture painting software adds entire new material system for roughing out the look of assets, plus new Arnold shader.
Friday, March 29th, 2019
Foundry ships Modo 13.0
Major update to the 3D software adds new GPU render engine, animation layers, first step towards Houdini-like procedural workflows.
Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Roper Technologies acquires Foundry
Diversified tech firm to buy Nuke and Modo developer from current owner Hg in £410 million deal.
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019
Master Realistic Dog Grooming for Production with XGen
Image Engine grooming artist Jordan Soler's new Gnomon tutorial provides a complete guide to Maya's fur toolset.
Saturday, January 26th, 2019
Jens Kafitz releases Mari Extension Pack 4 R2
Popular suite of 250+ add-on tools for Foundry's 3D painting software now updated to support Mari 4.x.
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
Shotgun Software ships Shotgun 8
Major update to the production tracking system introduces new 'cloud-connected desktop app' Shotgun Create.
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
Foundry makes its software free to students for a year
New Education Collective bundles also provide ongoing discounts on Nuke, Mari, Modo and Katana.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
Foundry ships Mari 4.2
Long-awaited new mirrored projection system lets users paint symmetrically on any model: no need for a specialised UV layout.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
Foundry ships Mari 4.1
Update improves Mari's handling of colour spaces and selection groups. Mac users get the same features - but in Mari 3.4, not 4.1.
Tuesday, June 12th, 2018
Foundry unveils Athera, its new cloud-based VFX platform
Updated: new service aims to let users run a full VFX studio via a web browser. Pricing now revealed.
Monday, April 30th, 2018