See After Effects' new multi-frame rendering features
Render previews or final frames faster on multi-core CPUs with the latest beta of the compositing app.
Wednesday, July 21st, 2021
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NIM Labs launches NIM 5.0
Sizeable update to the CG studio management platform reworks artists' timecards, and introduces a new rules-based payroll system.
Saturday, July 17th, 2021
Artlist acquires FXhome
HitFilm and Imerge Pro developer will become the rapidly expanding stock music and video content firm's in-house software division.
Thursday, July 15th, 2021
AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.2 for Blender and Maya
Free physically accurate GPU renderer gets new toon shading mode and deformation motion blur.
Monday, July 12th, 2021
Continuum 2021.5 ships
Effects plugin suite for compositing apps gets new tools for creating 3D particle systems, plus nine new GPU-acclerated cinematic effects.
Friday, June 25th, 2021
Maxon ships Universe 4.0
Set of effects plugins for editors and compositors adds electricity, stop motion and analog effects, plus Metal support for Mac users.
Thursday, June 24th, 2021
Adobe launches the Substance 3D Collection
Adobe's Substance applications get new names, new logos, new products and new bundle pricing.
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021
Download free Cinema 4D spline plugin Network
Athanasios Pozantzis's handy add-on connects points with animatable splines for motion graphics work.
Sunday, June 20th, 2021
Cinema 4D plugin Ricochet fills your scenes with splines
Rocket Lasso's cool tool creates motion graphics effects ranging from cobwebs to energy bursts.
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Discover 5 key new features from Blender 2.93 LTS
See the highlights of today's update to the open-source 3D app, from sculpting to 2D animation.
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
Inkscape 1.1 ships
Major update to the open-source vector design tool adds nifty new options for editing paths, and a lot of quality-of-life improvements.
Saturday, May 29th, 2021
Insydium buys Terraform4D
Promising art-directable Cinema 4D terrain-generation plugin was just five months old when the X-Particles creators snapped it up.
Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
Scene Group ships Cavalry 1.1
Check out the new features in the next-gen animation and motion graphics software from the original creators of Maya's MASH toolset
Wednesday, May 12th, 2021