NIM Labs launches NIM 6.0
Update to the studio management platform gives visual effects and motion graphics studios better tools for managing their job bids.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
production tracking
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
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
Blender Studio releases Watchtower
New free web-based production tracking tool provides a visual overview of a movie or animation.
Tuesday, February 1st, 2022
5 tools updates you may have missed in December 2021
Including support for hair rendering in Redshift RT, plus ArtEngine, HitFilm and ftrack Studio updates.
Monday, January 3rd, 2022
Autodesk acquires LoUPE
Autodesk buys the Blender-friendly cloud-based production pipeline system, and hires the developers that created it at Tangent Labs.
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
Autodesk adds Resource Planning Views to ShotGrid
Production tracking system's new high-level overviews show which artists in a studio are over- or under-worked.
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021
NIM Labs launches NIM 5.0
Sizeable update to the CG studio management platform reworks artists' timecards, and introduces a new rules-based payroll system.
Saturday, July 17th, 2021
Creators of Pixar and Disney's hair tech win Academy Awards
Other 2020 Sci-Tech awards go to Shotgun and ftrack Studio and Intel's Embree ray tracing library.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Autodesk previews next-gen tech coming to Shotgun
Generative Scheduling and Asset Lifecycle Management are the 'future of production management'.
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
Autodesk ships RV 2021
Image viewer and shot playback tool for VFX and animation gets support for Python 3, new long-term Available Previous Versions.
Thursday, November 5th, 2020
Autodesk releases RV 7.8
Image viewer and playback tool provided with Shotgun gets new prorgressive loading system to speed up work on long playlists.
Saturday, July 18th, 2020
ftrack gets new synchronous review system
New cineSync-based system removes lag during shot reviews, even when collaborating globally.
Friday, June 12th, 2020