The Foundry details new features of Nuke 9, NukeX 9
New native flipbook panel replaces FrameCycler, plus big speed boosts, particularly to EXR workflow.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
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The Foundry to launch free edition of Nuke Studio
Non-watermarked, non-commercial version of the software to replace Nuke PLE early in the new year.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014
Navié releases Effex 2.5 for Cinema 4D
Big update to multiphysics system adds surface tension, Bullet dynamics, lots of other cool tools.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Corona Renderer team reveals price, release date
And its 'Fair SaaS' pricing for the much-anticipated 3ds Max renderer sounds a lot like a dig at Adobe.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Try new Maya-style menus in Blender 2.72
Now officially released: update adds optional Hotbox-style pie menus, improved texture-painting system.
Monday, October 6th, 2014
Michael Gibson releases MoI 3
Long-awaited update to intuitive NURBS modeller adds lots of nice new tools, plus multi-touch support.
Monday, September 22nd, 2014
HP announces Z440, Z640 and Z840 workstations
More RAM, newer CPUs and GPUs and faster SSDs than previous Z-Series pro graphics workstations.
Wednesday, September 10th, 2014
Adobe unveils After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2014.1
AE to get improved C4D workflow; Premiere gets new search and transcoding tools. Both get new UIs.
Tuesday, September 9th, 2014
Maxon releases Cinema 4D R16
Now shipping: latest update adds camera tracker, layered reflections and PolyPen modelling/retopo tool.
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014
Video: AMD demos new GPU-based Maya renderer
Designed to showcase use of OpenCL 2.0 for raytracing, and due for an open-source release.
Monday, September 1st, 2014
Nvidia and AMD overhaul Quadro, FirePro line-ups
Both firms announce replacements for entire current line of pro GPUs. Check out the new cards' stats here.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
The Foundry unveils Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio 9
All three get native Flipbook tool, more GPU acceleration; NukeX and Studio get revamped planar tracker.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014
Chaos Group unveils V-Ray for Modo, Nuke and Katana
New versions for The Foundry's core tools increase the renderer's penetration into the VFX market.
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014