Download Animal Logic's free ALab USD production scene
Updated: ace USD test scene now has 300+ production-quality assets, including two rigged characters.
Friday, August 5th, 2022
OpenEXR
ASWF adopts OpenAssetIO and OpenFX
VFX industry body to oversee development of open standards for plugins and asset management.
Thursday, August 4th, 2022
ftrack ships cineSync 5.0
Major compatibility-breaking update to the remote shot review tool adds layers system and support for OCIO 2 and OTIO.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
[Free] 3d-io ships Exr-IO 2.06 for Photoshop
Free Photoshop plugin for editing multi-layer EXR files gets support for Smart Objects and file linking.
Friday, March 4th, 2022
Maxon, Tangent Animation join Academy Software Foundation
Cinema 4D and LoUPE developers become members of industry body to promote open-source VFX tech.
Monday, August 2nd, 2021
Academy Software Foundation adopts MaterialX
Movie industry standards body to oversee future development of the open format for rich material data.
Friday, July 16th, 2021
Wysilab ships Instant Terra 1.15
Check out the new features in the terrain generator, including new options for searching for and importing real-world terrain data.
Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Adobe ships September 2020 update to After Effects
More support for GPU acceleration in the compositing software makes Channel effects 'up to 1.65x faster'.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Unity to pay $120,000/year to fund Blender development
Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020
Check out the new features coming up in Redshift 3.0
Check out the new features in the latest experimental build of the GPU production renderer.
Wednesday, May 27th, 2020
Otoy ships OctaneRender 2020.1
Major stable release of the GPU renderer adds RTX acceleration, improved SSS and hair shading.
Tuesday, April 28th, 2020
Download Nvidia's free Texture Tools Exporter 2020.1
Create compressed textures for games with this neat Photoshop plugin and standalone application.
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2020.1 in public preview
GPU renderer gets updated RTX acceleration, new spectral sky and daylight system, ACES support.
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2019