visual effects

Pixar ships RenderMan 25.2

Check out the new features in the heavyweight production renderer, including new compositing modes in the Stylized Looks NPR toolset.

Friday, June 30th, 2023

Chaos releases Vantage 2.0

Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer aims to make the software 'as powerful for VFX as it is for architectural visualization'.

Thursday, June 29th, 2023

Reallusion ships Headshot 2.0

AI-assisted head-generation plugin for Character Creator can now turn 3D meshes - including partial facial scans - into full CC4 characters.

Tuesday, June 20th, 2023

Rokoko unveils Coil Pro

Nifty new electromagnetic field generator will reduce drift when used with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro II and Smartgloves mocap systems.

Monday, June 19th, 2023

Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.16

Update improves CPU rendering performance, adds render backplate system in 3ds Max, deformation motion blur in Blender.

Saturday, June 17th, 2023

Luiz Elias ships Mush 3D 2.0

Neat tool for sculpting and deforming animation caches from other DCC apps gets new FBX pipeline for use with game engines.

Friday, June 16th, 2023