Golaem releases Golaem Crowd 4.0
Maya crowd system gets neat new animation and simulation editing tools. Cool new demo reel, too.
Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
new features
RE:Vision Effects ships new versions of RSMB, Twixtor
GPU-accelerated editions of motion blur and retiming plugins available for HitFilm, Natron and Autodesk compositing apps.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
Nvidia launches Iray 2015
GPU-based renderer gets support for instancing, AxF material format. New Maya plugin and server edition also in development.
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.6
Updated: VFX-friendly paint app gets new greenscreen and video-repair tools. Now out on Steam for $49.99.
Monday, March 16th, 2015
Jasper Brekelmans releases Brekel Pro Face 2
Now shipping: Indie facial-capture software now lets Kinect 2 users record up to six actors in real time.
Monday, March 16th, 2015
Faceshift releases faceshift Studio 2015
Markerless facial mocap system now supports the Intel RealSense sensor. Use it to create a $510 wearable camera rig.
Friday, March 13th, 2015
Red Giant Software releases Universe 1.4
Library of add-ons for compositing apps gets 8 new tools, including a Walking Dead-style Texturize effect.
Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Fabric Engine 2.0 to add visual programming system
Updated: Create high-end VFX tools by wiring nodes together, Softimage ICE-style. See a demo video here.
Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 5
Now shipping. Texturing app gets new procedural tools, better baking. Income cap relaxed on Indie licence.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Video: Geomerics' new Enlighten 3 lighting system
See the tech behind Unity 5's new real-time global illumination in action in this neat new demo video.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Unity launches new free Unity 5 Personal Edition
Artists earning under $100,000/year now get all the features of Unity 5. Pro users get extra cloud tools.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5
Now shipping: leading game engine gets real-time GI, physically based shading, new audio-editing tools.
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Autodesk announces Maya LT 2016
Indie-game-focused version of Maya to get new brush-based sculpting and UV workflows, PBR shading.
Monday, March 2nd, 2015