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03.06.2026

conform.tools’ Connected conform gets a desktop beta

A Resolve-connected desktop app enters public beta, while pricing spells out per-shot timeline exchange, per-GB transfer, and seat-based tiers.
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Chaos puts Veras everywhere

Veras lands inside V-Ray, Corona, and Enscape, powered by Chaos Credits. Corona 15 adds faster animation parsing and 3D streaming.
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Chrysalis

Robin Lochmann built Chrysalis solo on the visual side, rendered on two GPUs, and went straight online, hitting 100k YouTube views in two weeks.
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Lux Aeterna rebuilds ancient humans

LiDAR caves, rigged skeletons, photogrammetry casts, and millimetre checks against research. Historical VFX gets very literal.
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RISE: Fallout Destroys LA, Politely

Los Angeles gets procedurally wrecked, Area 51 gets sand-blasted, and the Caswennan gets treated like a flying film set. We play 20 Questions with RISE.
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LUTs, Tags, or ICC: Getting Colours Right in Resolve on a Mac

For years, proper monitoring in DaVinci Resolve meant a Blackmagic I/O box and a calibrated display. On recent Macs, Resolve has become more predictable without dedicated hardware, but that does not make calibration optional. Here is where the…
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DreamWorks style mesh controls land in Maya

A free Maya plug-in adds surface pinning, mesh controls, and VP2 overlays, plus docs and an example scene. Now go break it safely in a test rig, just like the artists at Dreamworks who inspired it.
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ZOZO Contact Solver gets Blender add-on

Official Blender add-on client for Contact Solver is out, open source, remote GPU friendly, and already shipping updates like armature deformable colliders.
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Autodesk updates 3ds Max to 2027.1

3ds Max 2027.1 is a small update: cleaner Smart Bevel results, new Data Channel converters, and an Arnold refresh with cloud render experiments.
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Maya 2027.1 adds OTIO to Sequencer

Maya 2027.1 lands with OTIO in Sequencer, LookdevX projection tools, and more Bifrost and USD housekeeping. Patch it, test it, then trust it.

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