Pixar ships RenderMan 22.5
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten".
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Maya
Google Cloud launches Zync Render 2.0
Online rendering service now offers up to 48,000 CPU cores per user, new GPU rendering options.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Cubic Motion ships Persona
Intriguing new facial mocap system makes the tech behind Epic Games' amazing GDC demos available as a commercial product.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Discover how to create a CG superhero animation for VFX
Supergirl animation supervisor Elaina Scott's Gnomon tutorial takes you from previs to final shot.
Friday, April 26th, 2019
e-on software ships Vue R2 and PlantFactory R2
Vue gets updates to EcoSystems, the cloud tools and the Path Tracer; PlantFactory gets interactive path traced previews.
Thursday, April 25th, 2019
Discover how CoSA VFX created Lucifer's wings
See key artists break down their CG work on the drama at Gnomon's Hollywood campus next week. Watch free online.
Saturday, April 13th, 2019
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.6 for Maya
Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat anatomy transfer function ports rigs from one character to another.
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
AMD ships Radeon ProRender for Blender 2.0 in open beta
Free GPU renderer gets support for AI denoising, adaptive sampling, hair rendering. New versions for 3ds Max & Maya, too.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Maxon buys Redshift
Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
Eye candy: Autodesk's 2019 M&E showreel
See new work created in 3ds Max, Maya and Flame, from Fantastic Beasts to fabulous student shorts.
Monday, April 8th, 2019
Chaos Group ships Phoenix FD 3.13 for 3ds Max and Maya
Fluid simulation tools get support for VDB particle caches. FLIP liquid simulations now 'up to 2x' faster.
Thursday, March 28th, 2019
Erik Lehmann releases Mesh Toolkit for Maya
VFX TD's Python script extends Maya's mesh manipulation tools and adds new layout features.
Monday, March 25th, 2019
Master SynthEyes tracking for production
Deadpool artist Kevin Bolivar's new Gnomon tutorial demystifies object and camera tracking for VFX work.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019