GeoTracker for Blender available in free beta
KeenTools' intuitive 3D tracking plugin gets new Blender edition. Works with both props and faces.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
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Treezy generates animated trees inside Blender
Lightweight add-on generates customisable wind-animated trees inside the open-source 3D app. Check out the Treezy 1.1 update.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
Kiri Engine now supports Neural Surface Reconstruction
Update to Android and iOS scanning app adds support for AI-based reconstruction of 3D objects.
Wednesday, August 9th, 2023
Firefly is coming to Omniverse
Check out the Summer 2023 updates to Nvidia's online design platform, plus plans to integrate Adobe's generative AI toolset.
Tuesday, August 8th, 2023
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.06
Now shipping: update to real-time rendering toolkit extends OpenUSD support, adds support for rendering EXR sequences.
Monday, August 7th, 2023
AWS releases Deadline 10.3
Free renderfarm manager now supports Unreal Engine 5, including the Movie Render Queue for visual effects, animation and visualisation.
Saturday, August 5th, 2023
QuiltiX: a new open-source MaterialX material editor
Free node-based tool lets users author MaterialX materials for use in renderers like Arnold and Karma.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
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
Unity ships Ziva Real-Time 2.0
New AI-based toolset generates real-time 3D characters that move with the accuracy of VFX rigs. Works with Maya, Unity, Unreal.
Friday, July 28th, 2023
Adobe releases Photoshop 25.0 in beta
Latest beta build of the software adds new Generative Expand tool based on Adobe's Firefly AI toolset.
Thursday, July 27th, 2023
Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5.5 for 3ds Max and Maya
3ds Max edition now available: check out the new features in the shattering and dynamics plugin.
Wednesday, July 26th, 2023
Inkscape 1.3 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets new Shape Builder for creating complex forms, '2-4x' speed boosts on multi-core CPUs.
Tuesday, July 25th, 2023
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 18.5
Big update to the compositing app adds initial USD support, new Multi-merge tool for layer-based work.
Monday, July 24th, 2023