Boris FX releases Silhouette 2022.5
Roto and paint tool gets support for industry-standard ID matte generation system Cryptomatte.
Saturday, December 10th, 2022
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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
KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2022.2 for Blender and Nuke
Turn photos of actors into matching MetaHumans with the new version of the head-generation plugin.
Friday, August 5th, 2022
ASWF adopts OpenAssetIO and OpenFX
VFX industry body to oversee development of open standards for plugins and asset management.
Thursday, August 4th, 2022
5 CG software updates you may have missed in July 2022
Check out the new features in tyFlow, Redshift, Enscape, Render Manager and ftrack Connect 2.0.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
Das Element uses AI to sort your VFX asset library
Neat tool turns your 'chaos folder' into an organised library of assets using a VFX-specific AI model. See the new features in Das Element 1.2.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022
Antimatter automatically isolates people from video
Interesting alternative to roto for VFX work exports matte frames to compositing apps like After Effects
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
J Cube releases Multiverse | USD 7.1 for Maya
Check out the new features in this sizeable update to the USD-native shot layout and look dev solution.
Monday, July 4th, 2022