Deadline is now free to use on up to 10 render machines
AWS's popular renderfarm manager now runs in Licence Free Mode on farms with 10 Render Workers.
Thursday, April 29th, 2021
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Eye candy: Maxon's 2021 reel
See amazing new motion graphics and VFX created with Cinema 4D and Redshift, then follow our links to breakdowns of the key projects.
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021
Discover how to create FACS facial blendshapes in Maya
Master facial modelling for animation with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
Sunday, April 25th, 2021
The Blender Foundation unveils Cycles X
Big update to Blender's production renderer will reduce render times 'up to 7x' on current Nvidia GPUs.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
See the 2021 Blender roadmap
Check out the major features coming up in the open-source 3D software in this year's Blender 2.93 and Blender 3.0 releases.
Friday, April 23rd, 2021
ftrack ships Cinesync 4.2.3
Remote shot review tool gets support for 360° video when shooting against LED walls, new ghosting mode for annotations.
Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Autodesk ships Flame 2022
Compositing, finishing and effects software gets new machine-learning-based camera tracker, NDI support for remote review sessions.
Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
Maxon ships Cinema 4D S24
Subscriber-only update to the 3D animation software adds new asset browser and scene manager, and new physics-enabled layout tools.
Tuesday, April 13th, 2021
Nvidia announces pricing and new plugins for Omniverse
Studios will pay to use the hotly tipped open collaboration system, but individual artists can use it free.
Monday, April 12th, 2021
Sneak peek: Lumberyard's new Atom renderer
Amazon's free game engine to get new 'high-performance physically based renderer' with an interesting modular design.
Friday, April 9th, 2021
Xsens cuts the price of its pro inertial mocap systems
New entry-level MVN Awinda Starter system and MVN Animate Basic software cost under $5,000.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
Get Volume 2 of Epic's Virtual Production Field Guide for free
Free 158-page PDF provides an overview of new workflows and job opportunities in virtual production.
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021
AMD ships Radeon ProRender 3.1 for Blender and Maya
Free GPU renderer get supports for Cryptomatte AOVs, and a new 16-bit Machine Learning denoiser.
Thursday, April 1st, 2021