Alexandra Kaschny
292 posts
V-Ray Next for 3ds Max
Photorealistic ray tracing gets a proper boost! V-Ray Next for 3ds Max (Beta 3) is ready and Dabarti already shows what that means.
C4D Tutorial on Lesterbanks
A collection of a wide variety of tutorials on common software in our industry.
Lumberyard 1.14
The Lumberyard Beta 1.14 supposedly has more than 200 new features, improvements and fixes.
SIGGRAPH 2018 Technical Papers
The page with all the papers for this year's SIGGRAPH is online.
Dress Up! Best-Dressed Statue Contest
Allegorithmic and CLO Virtual Fashion issue a challenge!
V-Ray Nuke Update Live
With V-Ray 3.7.01 for Nuke, Chaos Group strengthens progressive rendering.
Early Access to Gaea 2480
The primordial continent becomes independent and looks promising!
Blender Without a Game Engine
The integrated game engine in Blender is saying goodbye for now.
Autodesk ScetchBook Free of Charge!
The illustration software is now free and freely available!
CityEngine 2018 Update
Esri towers further into unimagined heights with the latest updates to the popular engine.
Making Money with Drones & Multicopters
In her new book, Sabrina Kaiser shows how a professional entry into the drone-flight business is guaranteed to succeed.
Animation & VFX Pipeline Management with Prism
The free tool will help everyone keep an overview.
Flanders Dares
One of the biggest names for colour-accurate monitors ventures into UHD, OLED and HDR.
World Machine 3021 Rises
The popular terrain generator is available in a new version and with new features.
Verge3D 2.3 Update
The latest version 2.3 transforms 3DS Max scenes into WebGL-based web views.
Max 2019 Terrain Plug-in
The latest 3DS Max version has now also received the corresponding terrain plug-in. Included is a new beta feature for your own DEM data.
Wave2: All-in-One Color Grading
Tangent's Wave2 colour-grading panel offers a cost-effective alternative to other products in its class.
GIMP 2.10 Is Here!
A major update for the open-source programme was released today with version GIMP 2.10. Although most of the features were already present in the experimental GIMP 2.9 series, this time it is also available with a stable build.
Avid Adds a Timeline
Media Composer gets a live timeline with its latest update—and some nice other features.
VR Integrated Super Bundle
Anyone who wants to avoid VR eye cancer should take a look at this complete VR studio.
VENICE Online Camera Simulator
With Sony’s free online application, anyone curious can already try their hand at the VENICE.
FS7 How To—Handy as a PDF
A Quick Reference Guide from Sony. Optimised for mobile viewing and completely interactive.
Cloudy Athera
For anyone who has not yet noticed: Foundry has unveiled Athera and will soon release it for selected users to test.
Realtime Denoising Thanks to OptiX
The new service package delivers noise-free results faster.
Sketchfab’s New Download API
A new download API for the company's own online model-sharing platform.
Less Noise—Altus Handles It
“This denoiser is better than the integrated ones from V-Ray, Corona or Render Man.” – A clear statement.
The Youngest Addition to the Kinefinity Line
Although not the best-known brand, Kinefinity also has offspring to report: Kinefinity MAVO & MAVO LF!
Pond5 and DJI Shake Hands
When a global content marketplace joins forces with the world's leading civilian drone manufacturer, that sounds like a strong, large project.
Substance Plug-in Version 1.0
Together with the release of Autodesk 3ds Max 2019, the first official version of the Substance plug-in for Max is also on the table!
Berlinale Retrospective – Doggy Style and Music of the Future
The Berlinale may have been over for a while, but some things remained memorable. Such as the talks on Bow Wow and Blade Runner. Both moderated by Andrew Amondson.
Unreal Engine GDC Sizzle Reel 2018
What Unreal Engine projects can we expect in the near future?
Flame 2019 NAB appearance
Further upgrade towards grading and look development. The update will be presented for the first time at the NAB Show 2018.
Blackmagic Design’s NAB2018 Innovations
Blackmagic Design also brought plenty of new toys to NAB. These include a major DaVinci Resolve 15 update, the Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, URSA Broadcast, ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K and much more. The surprise bag is large, and we take a closer look inside.
The Unreal Counter
Processing CAD data is now becoming easier in the Unity Engine as well.
Heightmaps from Substance Designer
The possibilities offered by Allegorithmic can also be used to lay the foundations for rocky landscapes.
Happy Birthday After Effects!
25 years have passed since the first version of the universally known program was released.
Adobe CC2018 NAB April Release
The latest Adobe Premiere 2018 version 12.1 comes with a host of updates and enhancements and will be presented for the first time at this year's NAB. These include automatic colour correction, audio ducking and much more. Other programmes from the Creative Cloud can also look forward to new features.
Braided Hair Quickly and Easily…
With this tool, characters get a different hairstyle for a change.
Ice Even in Summer with C4D and Arnold
Quick tutorial for realistic ice with C4D and Arnold 5.