KeenTools ships GeoTracker for After Effects 2023.1
Intuitive real-time 3D tracking plugin for After Effects gets built-in head model for facial tracking.
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
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SideFX releases Houdini for Apple Silicon
New build of the procedural 3D software with native support for Apple's M1 and M2 chips is now production-ready.
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
Autograph: a next-gen tool for motion design and VFX
Left Angle's unusual USD-based app is pitched as the world's first 'responsive design video software'.
Friday, January 20th, 2023
Nuke to go subscription-only
Sales of perpetual licences of Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio and Hiero to end on 31 December. Annual subscriptions introduced.
Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
KeenTools releases GeoTracker for After Effects
Now shipping: neat plugin provides 'painless, almost real-time 3D object tracking' inside After Effects.
Monday, December 26th, 2022
Foundry ships Katana 6.0
Lighting and look dev software gets Material Soloing and performance profiling features to help troubleshoot complex VFX scenes.
Friday, December 16th, 2022
Boris FX releases Silhouette 2022.5
Roto and paint tool gets support for industry-standard ID matte generation system Cryptomatte.
Saturday, December 10th, 2022
Foundry releases Nuke 14.0
Major update to the compositing software adds complete new USD-based 3D system, plus free library of Nuke machine learning models.
Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
Foundry acquires Peregrine Labs' Bokeh plugin for Nuke
$99/year lens simulation plugin will be integrated into the compositing app for free - including Nuke Indie.
Friday, December 2nd, 2022
Best Black Friday and winter 2022 deals for CG artists
Updated: save money with these seasonal deals on CG software, plugins, stock assets and hardware.
Monday, November 28th, 2022
Chaos releases Chaos Player Update 1
Image sequence viewer gets new Contacts Sheet system for viewing render elements and shot variants.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
Blender will no longer ditch the VFX Reference platform
Open-source 3D app to revert to supporting the industry standard after criticism from VFX artists.
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free
Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.
Friday, August 19th, 2022