Flowbox releases Flowbox 1.5
Promising new rotoscoping software gets option to track or view roto shapes individually, and to export them to After Effects.
Sunday, August 27th, 2017
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Flowbox releases Flowbox 1.4
Promising new rotoscoping tool gets support for GUI scaling, improvements to the built-in image viewer and shape export to Nuke.
Thursday, May 25th, 2017
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 11
VFX-friendly paint app gets new roto tools, updates to the Puppy Ray renderer. Price now under $50.
Friday, March 17th, 2017
Imagineer Systems releases Mocha VR
New planar tracking tool lets artists work on 360-degree footage in After Effects, Nuke and Fusion.
Thursday, February 9th, 2017
Check out cool new roto and compositing system Flowbox
Now shipping: New tool promises intuitive stroke-based workflow and some neat time-saving features.
Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion on Linux
Fusion 8.2 makes the compositor available on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. Free and $995 editions available.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 8, Fusion 8 Studio
Now officially shipping: formerly Windows-only compositor now available on Mac. Linux version due later this year.
Friday, April 1st, 2016
Boris FX ships BCC 10 for After Effects, Premiere Pro
Top effects plugin collection gets integrated mocha planar tracking, new skin retouching, titling and restoration tools.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2016
Natron 2.0 ships
Big update to the open-source compositor adds Python support, roto painting and new dopesheet. Check out the new features here.
Friday, October 9th, 2015
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion 8 as free beta
New Mac edition and new UI, but no new features this time round. Beta of the commercial version due soon.
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 9.6
Updated: VFX-friendly paint app gets new greenscreen and video-repair tools. Now out on Steam for $49.99.
Monday, March 16th, 2015
Imagineer Systems launches mocha Plus
The product formerly known as mocha AE now also brings tracking and roto tools to Premiere Pro users.
Friday, July 11th, 2014
Imagineer systems releases mocha Pro 4
New version of planar tracking tool adds new stereoscopic roto and tracking toolset, Python support.
Friday, July 11th, 2014