PSD to 3D turns Photoshop sketches into 3D scenes
Convert your 2D drawings into animatable 3D meshes in Maya with e→d films' neat new tool.
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019
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Richard Rosenman releases Particle Projection 1.0
New After Effects motion graphics plugin uses displacement to generate animated particle arrays.
Monday, May 13th, 2019
Pixar ships RenderMan 22.5
Update adds support for live displacement editing, SIMD acceleration for OSL. Houdini integration "completely rewritten".
Thursday, May 9th, 2019
Check out free Nuke deep compositing toolkit DeepC
Handy set of open-source Nuke plugins makes deep compositing more accessible to smaller studios.
Monday, May 6th, 2019
Get free plugins from iClone's new online marketplace
Download seven free add-ons for the character animation software, from utility tools to rigging systems.
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
Autodesk ships Flame 2020
Now shipping: compositing software gets AI-driven depth and normal map generators, support for Cryptomatte and OFX plugins.
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
Sneak peek: Video Copilot's new Nebula 3D plugin
Video: see footage created with the firm's cool-looking new 3D volumetrics tool for After Effects.
Friday, April 12th, 2019
Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.6 for Maya
Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat anatomy transfer function ports rigs from one character to another.
Thursday, April 11th, 2019
AMD ships Radeon ProRender for Blender 2.0 in open beta
Free GPU renderer gets support for AI denoising, adaptive sampling, hair rendering. New versions for 3ds Max & Maya, too.
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Cycles 4D gets principled shading, Cryptomatte support
Check out the new features in Insydium's Cinema 4D version of Blender's Cycles render engine.
Monday, April 8th, 2019
Reallusion previews Unreal iClone Live Link
New plugin will let users stream animation from iClone to Unreal Engine for rendering in real time.
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Rokoko's Motion Library is coming to Maya
New plugin to let users buy moves recorded by top Hollywood mocap studios within Maya for $3-6 each.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Shotgun gets new integrations for After Effects, Jira, Unity
New After Effects and Jira Bridge plugins for the production tracking system due out at GDC next week.
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019