ASWF adopts OpenImageIO
Ubiquitous tech for reading and writing images becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Check out xStudio, DNEG's open-source playback tool
Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.
Monday, July 31st, 2023
Foundry ships Flix 6.6
Check out the new features in the story development tool, including support for proxy servers and more reliable native version control.
Saturday, May 20th, 2023
Eye candy: Epic Games' 2023 MetaHuman sizzle reel
See beautiful new animations created with the toolset for creating next-gen real-time 3D characters.
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Substance 3D Designer's creators win Sci-Tech Awards
Other tech 'Oscars' go to Pixar's Fizt2 simulation system and Wētā FX's in-house render manager.
Friday, February 3rd, 2023
Autodesk releases Open RV
The open-source edition of RV is out. See how it differs from the commercial edition of the Academy Award-winning shot review tool.
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Autodesk open-sources RV
Updated: only "core components" of the award-winning image viewer and shot playback tool will be open-sourced, not the full product.
Thursday, August 11th, 2022
Download Epic Games' free Animation Field Guide
New free 120-page e-book provides an overview of real-time production with Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
Arnold and V-Ray win Engineering Emmy Awards
Renderers win primetime Emmy Awards alongside crowd simulation tools Massive and Golaem Crowd.
Monday, October 11th, 2021
Watch VIEW Conference 2021 for free
See the international VFX and animation conference free online, or in person in Turin from 17-22 October 2021.
Sunday, October 10th, 2021
Watch VIEW Conference 2020 online for free
Leading VFX and animation festival becomes an online event - and you can watch all the livestreams free.
Wednesday, October 7th, 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
Eye candy: SideFX's 2019 Houdini customer reel
Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.
Monday, July 29th, 2019