OctaneRender users to get World Creator for free
All part of a deal between Otoy and BiteTheBytes to link the GPU-based renderer and terrain generator.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
visual effects
Watch VIEW Conference 2020 online for free
Leading VFX and animation festival becomes an online event - and you can watch all the livestreams free.
Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
MakeHDR creates HDRIs inside Nuke, Fusion or Natron
New plugin merges images into HDRIs inside OpenFX compositing apps. Free for resolutions up to 2K.
Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
New public beta 'reimagines' 3D workflows in After Effects
New camera controls and transform gizmos make it easier to navigate After Effects scenes in 3D space.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Adobe ships September 2020 update to After Effects
More support for GPU acceleration in the compositing software makes Channel effects 'up to 1.65x faster'.
Wednesday, September 16th, 2020
Download the first public demo of Redshift 3.0
New trial edition lets you test this major update to the GPU renderer, even if you aren't an existing user.
Tuesday, September 15th, 2020
Master 3D scan integration techniques for visual effects
New Gnomon tutorial reveals how to clean 3D scan data to integrate with a photographic backplate.
Monday, September 14th, 2020
Eye candy: Maxon's IBC 2020 Cinema 4D demo reel
New round-up of the best C4D motion graphics and animation is a surreal, colourful two-minute trip.
Tuesday, September 8th, 2020
Blender Foundation releases Blender 2.90
Latest update to the open-source 3D app brings major changes to sculpting, rendering and simulation.
Tuesday, September 1st, 2020
3d-io releases UV packing tool UV-Packer 3 for free
Download the new version of the powerful automated 3ds Max UV packing plugin completely free.
Thursday, August 27th, 2020
Use Blender's Cycles renderer inside Houdini with hdCycles
Now shipping: Tangent Animation's neat free plugin makes Blender a Hydra render delegate in Houdini.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Boris FX ships Boris FX Suite
New all-in-one subscription-only product bundle gives access to all of the firm's VFX and motion graphics tools at a reduced rate.
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020
Unity to pay $120,000/year to fund Blender development
Donation to the open-source 3D app's dev fund will help fund 20 full-time core Blender developers.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020