OLM Digital updates its open-source plugins
Noise Deformer updated to Maya 2013; Photoshop and After Effects antialiasing tool OLM Smoother gets new Nuke version.
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
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Artixels announces Escher plugin collection for Nuke
Updated: 'album' of lighting plugins provides production-ready shortcuts for complex tasks. Beta out now.
Saturday, September 29th, 2012
'We have the opportunity here to change everything'
The heads of the newly merged Foundry and Luxology on a match made in heaven - and Starbucks.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
The Foundry and Luxology merge
Both firms retain own names and identities: work on modo, Nuke and other tools continues as normal.
Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
The Foundry announces Nuke 7.0
Major update to the industry-standard compositor adds GPU acceleration, new 2D tracker, new modelling tools.
Friday, September 7th, 2012
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R14
Updated: Download the demo to try the dynamics tools, brush-based sculpting and AE interoperability.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
Project focus: the making of Exoids
Director Meni Tsirbas talks us through his post-apocalyptic short, created with an all-student team.
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Eye candy: Ambrosia
One man, $17k, 280 FX shots: how Chris Herrick created high-power visuals for this low-budget thriller.
Saturday, June 30th, 2012
Gnomon releases five-hour DVD on making 'Archetype'
'Archetype' VFX Breakdown dissects a real shot from Aaron Sims' gritty science-fiction short stage by stage.
Thursday, June 21st, 2012
Jupiter Jazz releases AtomKraft for Nuke for free
Download a free two-thread version of the Nuke look development, lighting and rendering toolset today.
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Gnomon ships Creating Highly Realistic Composites
New Rob Nederhorst masterclass DVD reveals the secrets of movie VFX compositing workflows.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
The Foundry releases Nuke and NukeX 6.3v7
Compositing apps gain support for importing layered PSD files and the new OpenColorIO open standard.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
The Foundry ships Hiero
Hard-to-pigeonhole VFX shot management and review tool is "******* brilliant", say beta testers.
Thursday, March 8th, 2012