Today’s coffee comes with fewer clicks and more consequences. (Omnoius laughter from off-stage)

So let's start with the good stuff: Time in Pixels has released Nobe LutBake, a one button escape hatch for high resolution Resolve LUT exports.

Even better: SynthEyes 2026 is speeding up solve iteration with a Mocha powered affine point tracker, real time GeoH previews, and more USD support, because waiting for a solve is a hobby nobody asked for.

In more good news: EIZO is previewing its first OLED ColorEdge with refined ABL control, InstaLOD 2026 is aiming squarely at VR and animation pipelines with new delivery targets plus glTF and USD animation support, and Arnold is adding lines, points, and faster OpenVDB volumes, because apparently five times faster is now the baseline for “minor update.

Let's get into it, shall we?

(The doom and omnious laughter in the first line was just a red herring. No need for additional drama these days.)

Hive adds joint facial rigs to Maya

Hive Auto Rigger now builds full joint based facial rigs in Maya, priced at 40 dollars for the first month.

Lutbake adds one-key LUT export to Resolve

Time in Pixels releases Nobe LutBake, a macOS tool for one-key high resolution LUT export from Resolve Studio.

SynthEyes 2026 Speeds Up

SynthEyes 2026 adds a Mocha-powered affine point tracker, real-time GeoH previews and expanded USD support to cut solve iteration time.

Blackmagic Schedules Free Resolve School

Blackmagic runs free live Resolve training from February to April covering edit, Fusion, colour and audio.

Neat Video 6.1 updates OFX and host support

Neat Video 6.1 adds Baselight 7 support, new default profile controls and OFX updates across Windows, macOS and Linux.

EIZO Previews First OLED ColorEdge

EIZO is bringing OLED into the ColorEdge lineup. The company is previewing an OLED ColorEdge model under development, positioned for 4K HDR workflows and featuring refined ABL luminance control, a status indicator, built-in calibration sensor technology, and ColorNavigator software demos at NAB and MPTS 2026.

D5 Works launches with 42K models and no comission ?

D5 Works
lists 42K models and 2.2K materials and claims zero commission, with D5-native delivery via D5A and D5M.

Exclusive for our subscribers

This time for our subscribers: Cascadeur’s CTO explains how physics solvers and local AI can speed up keyframing without stealing animator control, because timing and poses still run the show.

Hawaiki Keyer 5 adds AI tracking and dual key control in Resolve for the kind of greenscreen shots that usually end in quiet despair.

And Mnemonica Archive treats “preservation” like a living system, monitored and maintained, not a folder you forget until it is too late. 

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That's it for this week!

That’s it for now. If you want to tell us something, complain or need help untangling something that should have been a checkbox, message us on whatever platform currently has the least broken notifications.

And let's keep the stubborn belief that spring is a real thing and not just a render setting we forgot to enable.

Greetings,
Bela & the Floof

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