Otoy unveils the Octane 2023 GPU renderer!
Developer Otoy beckons with the functions meshlet streaming, neural rendering and temporal real-time denoising. An announcement about the closed beta.
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Scan T-Rex Tristan Otto and other dinosaurs with this mobile app?
Want to take home a 3D scan of the Tyrannosaurus "Tristan" in Berlin's Natural History Museum? Download the 3D scanning app Polycam 3.0 on your mobile phone!
Blender 3.4 is released!
The Open Path Guiding Library (Open PGL) from Intel has been installed. How does the open-source production renderer Cycles benefit from this?
First event highlights of FMX 2023 published!
What do the unmistakable Jeff Goldblum, the environmental organisation WWF and AI-supported rotoscoping have in common? The Film & Media Exchange 2023 in Stuttgart!
Free December collection at Epic Games!
There's something going on in the online marketplace: these six download packages are available for free until the end of December! The assets are suitable for environment design.
Autodesk releases Maya 2023.3!
Particularly worth mentioning are: workflow improvements for animation tools and updates for the Arnold, Substance and USD plug-ins.
The New Digital Production Is Here!
DP 01:2023 explores Star Trek VFX, virtual production, mental health, hardware, software and major film projects.
The Foundry releases Mari 6.0!
The software for drawing 3D textures has been released in version 6.0 and Charli Holt, Product Manager for Mari, is proud of the many USD-related improvements.
How to connect CityEngine with the Unreal Engine?
The architecture software CityEngine can also do Unreal - but how does it work? Product manager Avonlea Fotheringham and software developer Benjamin Neukom show the workflow.
Maxon releases Redshift 3.5.12!
The GPU renderer now also supports Intel's Open Image Denoiser. This should shorten render times. Realistic fire is simulated with volume multi-scattering.
Foundry 2022 | Showreel
What do Jane Foster, Thor, Doctor Strange and Captain Buzz Lightyear have in common? They all tumble through Foundry's showreel in 2022!
New version of the physics simulation software Bitfrost released!
Autodesk updates Bitfrost - and advances the open-source integration of Bitfrost-USD.
Platige Image provides the visual effects for The Witcher season 3!
Polish-based VFX house Platige Image is once again involved in the third season of the fantasy series on Netflix! The new series season is due to be released in summer 2023.
Who should use the Aurora renderer from Autodesk?
It is aimed at artists who work with Universal Scene Description (USD). What other functions does the real-time path tracing renderer offer?
Node-based simulation framework for Blender?
With his Twitter post, software developer Jacques Lucke shows what Blender's simulation framework could look like with the release of Blender 3.5 in March 2023.
She-Hulk – Attorney at Law | VFX-Breakdown
Breaking (joke) news: clients represented by lawyer She-Hulk will benefit from nearly 1,000 VFX shots from Digital Domain!
Blender’s animation toolbox is about to get a makeover!
Doctor Sybren Stüvel & team announce: Blender's animation tools will be significantly improved by the end of 2025.
The Cascadeur animation software is available as a full version!
The beta tests have been successfully completed - now the full version is being released. A five-minute video shows which new functions are coming.
MetaHuman Creator 1.3 and DNA Calibration Library !
Double release from Epic Games: Version 1.3 of MetaHuman is released as Early Access, then the calibration library expands creative freedom for artists.
New pricing for OctaneRenderer!
Software developer Otoy is scrapping its previous licensing model and replacing it with: Studio Plus subscriptions, including numerous assets and software solutions.
Obi-Wan Kenobi | Breakdown Reel
VFX house Image Engine brings Jedi veteran Obi-Wan Kenobi out of retirement - and into his own streaming series on Disney Plus.
Die VFXen aus “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”!
VFX supervisor Ara Khanikian from Rodeo FX explains how the stylish action scenes from the Marvel film were created.
Ragdoll Dynamics is released in version 3.0!
Does the plug-in for Autodesk Maya create more creative freedom for artists? According to the developer, Weta, Sony Pictures Imageworks, DNEG and others swear by the little helper.
Creating realistic motion sequences with machine learning?
A five-person team from Ubisoft La Forge and York University is researching how realistic movements could soon be created - supported by a neural network.