CETA Software launches Artist Access
Check out the new time-tracking tools in the cloud-based production management platform for VFX. Free for six months to startup studios.
Friday, February 28th, 2025
visual effects
Foundry releases Nuke 16.0
Next major update to Nuke introduces native multishot compositing, and improves roto performance and BlinkScript editing.
Friday, February 28th, 2025
Boris FX releases SynthEyes 2025
3D tracking and match-moving software gets new multi-export system, AI-based roto masking, and 3D head mesh for head tracking.
Thursday, February 27th, 2025
Technicolor Group begins to shut down operations
Financial problems of the owner of Mikros Animation and VFX Oscar-winners MPC and The Mill threaten thousands of artists' jobs worldwide.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
Download four free VDB clouds from VFX Assets
Get free volumetric 3D clouds for previs, motion graphics and VFX in CG apps and game engines like Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
Artlist discontinues the FXhome apps: HitFilm and Imerge dead
Video editing, compositing and VFX app and still image editor had over 6 million users prior to buyout and switch to subscription pricing.
Monday, February 24th, 2025
Free tool: Mesh Cleaner for Blender
VFX artist Rob Dickinson's handy add-on fixes artefacts in 3D scans and models in one click, to prepare them for animation or rendering.
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 5.0
Check out the new features in the 3D capture software, including path tracing in the 3D View and support for HP's Z Captis scanner.
Friday, February 21st, 2025
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2025.1
Sizeable update to the real-time visualization app adds volumetric clouds, Virtual Shadow Maps and automatic LOD generation.
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
Is AI replacing render farms?
[Sponsored] Online render farm Forrender argues that traditional workflows provide control and scalability that new AI tools cannot.
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025.3 and Universe 2025.2
Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
Maxon releases Redshift 2025.3
Renderer gets better multiscattering in volumes, USD procedural support in Maya, and initial support for GeForce 50 Series GPUs.
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
Chaos releases Vantage 2.7
Real-time ray tracing renderer for exploring large V-Ray scenes gets OCIO color management, DLSS 4, and new lens distortion system.
Thursday, February 13th, 2025