Boris FX releases Optics 2025
Photoshop plugin and standalone app for applying cinematic looks to still images gets AI mask generation, Looks and new Particle Brushes.
Friday, January 31st, 2025
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Thinkinetic releases Pulldownit 6 for Maya
Destruction plugin for games and VFX gets a new Edge Fracture Tool, and improvements to clustering and simulation performance.
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
Adobe releases Photoshop 26.3
Check out the new features in the image-editing app, with the Frame Tool getting new shape options and generative AI integration.
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
Check out free Android and iOS 3D scanning app RealityScan 1.6
Update to Epic Games' free app provides more control over scans, with the option to create 1-million-poly models with 8K textures.
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
Free tool: Animation Render Time Estimator for Blender
Handy free Blender add-on displays an estimated time and progress bar for entire animations being rendered, not just individual frames.
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Houdini
Check out the new features in the renderer, including a new Houdini-specific volume shader and better integration with Solaris.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Maya
Check out the new features in the VFX renderer, including OpenPBR support and changes to USD support specific to the Maya edition.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
Red9 ProPack gets new tools created for Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Maya animation toolkit for VFX and games gets new tools developed for Red9's character rigging work on the latest Sonic movie.
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
JangaFX teases IlluGen
The EmberGen dev's new app will be a 'better way to create the majority of assets' for VFX in games. Here's what we know about it so far.
Monday, January 27th, 2025
Check out the new features due in EmberGen 2.0
Next major update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator to feature sparse sims, simulation retiming, USD support and a macOS edition.
Monday, January 27th, 2025
PhotoLine 25 now reads Cryptomatte data
Check out the new features in the sub-$100 image editing app, including support for Cryptomatte data when retouching 3D renders.
Friday, January 24th, 2025
After Effects' latest beta lets you preview HDR comps
Check out the latest beta features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including the option to preview HLG and PQ video.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
New version of iOS and Android scanning app Kiri Engine
Kiri Engine 3.13 improves the quality of 3D Gaussian Splatting in the app, sharpening scans and reducing 3DGS file sizes 'approximately 50%'.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025