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Nvidia Quadro Experience for Workstations
Nvidia Quadro Experience combined driver updates, 4K H.264 capture, streaming and DCC launching for supported Quadro workstations.
Scanline VFX Presents Its 2020 Showcase
Scanline VFX's 2020 showcase covered superhero effects, creatures, environments, robots and large-scale destruction across major productions.
animago 2020 Cancelled
Digital Production and Busch Glatz Germany cancelled the 2020 animago Award, Conference and Exhibition because safe planning was not possible.
Technicolor Begins 2020 Restructuring
Technicolor sought Chapter 15 recognition and outlined a €420 million financing plan during its June 2020 restructuring.
Particle Illusion Standalone Goes Free
Boris FX released a free Particle Illusion standalone with GPU-accelerated 2D emitters, 8K projects, presets and ProRes alpha export.
V-Ray 5 Adds LightMix and VFB Compositing
V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max introduced LightMix relighting, layered VFB compositing, stochastic tiling, ACEScg and a 500-material browser.
Free Houdini HDAs Build Roads and Props
Oscar Gaya shared procedural Houdini HDAs for highways, pipes, gears and rope bridges, with curve inputs and Unreal Engine workflows.
Storyboarder 2.0 Expands Shot Planning
Storyboarder 2.0 rebuilt its Shot Generator and added camera exploration, IK posing, orbit controls and multiuser VR.
MPC Breaks Down 1917’s Invisible VFX
MPC reveals how invisible visual effects helped sustain the apparent single-take structure of Sam Mendes' 1917.
Blender 2.83 with long-term support
It's time for the next round: The new Blender version 2.83 comes for the first time with long-term support (LTS) labelling and exciting new features.
TopoGun 3 Beta Opens Retopology Tools
TopoGun 3’s first public beta introduced a new interface plus Guideline, Patch and Brush tools on Windows and macOS.
IBC 2020 Cancelled Amsterdam Event
IBC cancelled its September 2020 Amsterdam exhibition and shifted attention to digital programming through IBC365.
SIGGRAPH 2020 Papers Moved Online
SIGGRAPH 2020 presented more than 150 technical-paper projects spanning stylisation, cloth, fluids, MPM, portraits and tactile rendering.
The Witcher Studios Shared VFX Breakdowns
One of Us, Platige Image, Framestore and Cinesite showed creatures, environments, battles and magic from The Witcher season one.
Inkscape 1.0 Reaches Production Release
Inkscape 1.0 adds live path effects, canvas modes, PDF export improvements, HiDPI support and faster editing of node-heavy artwork.
Maxon NAB Rewind Sessions Online
Maxon's 2020 NAB replacement stream covered Cinema 4D S22, Red Giant, Redshift, After Effects, motion design and production breakdowns.
Ivy Generator Builds 3ds Max Geometry
The free Ivy script for 3ds Max 2018 to 2020 grows branching geometry and leaves around scene objects, with adjustable forces and materials.
V-Ray 5 Beta Adds Light Mix
The V-Ray 5 public beta for 3ds Max added layered Frame Buffer compositing, a 500-material library, Light Mix, coat and sheen layers.
V-Ray 2020 Game Cinematic Reel
Chaos Group's 2020 V-Ray reel included game cinematics for Cyberpunk 2077, Assassin's Creed Unity, God of War and other projects.
MPC Breaks Down Godzilla’s 660 VFX Shots
MPC's Godzilla: King of the Monsters work involved more than 700 artists, 660 VFX shots, four hero creatures, environments and FX.
Carnival Row VFX | Important Looking Pirates
The next VFX breakdown for neo-noir fantasy series Carnival Row comes from Important Looking Pirates in Stockholm.
NewTek: LightWave 2020
NewTek releases LightWave 2020 with various new shading and rendering features and more.
Mocha Pro 2020.5 Release
Boris FX with a new update for Mocha Pro: Release 2020.5 includes an improved planar tracker, more support for Flame, new brushes and more.
Assimilate Tools Available Free of Charge
Anyone who wants to try out the Assimilate tools in detail now has the opportunity: all programs are free until October.
Dungeon Generator in Houdini
If you feel like building a procedural dungeon: SideFX has a new tutorial series – including the project file.
The Mill: Design Reel
The Mill presents its current Design Reel 2020 with excerpts from various projects.
And Here Comes Flame 2021
New machine-learning features, Physical Defocus effect, finishing updates and more: Flame 2021 from Autodesk comes with several practical new features.
Premiere Pro “Productions” Released
Adobe releases the new “Productions” feature and gives all Premiere and After Effects users access to Team Projects.
Modo 14 Released
Foundry with Modo 14 – and these are the new features in Foundry’s DCC tool:
Adobe Introduces Public Beta Versions
Adobe introduces public beta versions of its Creative Cloud video and audio applications that install separately from release builds.
Golaem 7.3 Release and Live Events
Golaem 7.3 brings USD integration, morphology options, scattering tools, skinning and Animation Retake to crowd simulation.
TopoGun 3 Previews Released
Pixelmachine previews its fully rewritten TopoGun 3 with a new UI, retopology tools, brushes and texture baking.
Apple ProRes RAW for Windows | Beta
A new ProRes RAW beta is available: Apple’s video codec now also comes with support for Windows.
Blackmagic Design: New announcements in the livestream
And for those who have nothing else to do tomorrow, 03 April: Blackmagic Design will be presenting new camera and live production innovations at around 7pm.
Worldwide 3ds Max Indie Version Confirmed
Autodesk confirms that the full-featured 3ds Max Indie licence will become available worldwide.
Autodesk Releases 3ds Max 2021!
3ds Max 2021 is here—with PBR texture baking, Python 3, native Arnold 6 integration and more.
Project Nature: 550 Free Assets
More than 550 Project Nature plant assets are available free of charge in the Unreal Marketplace.
Cavalry: New Version Released
The procedural motion-design tool gets a major update with video import, a new Graph Editor, Sequence element and more.
Creative Crops with Free Food Scans
Creative Crops offers high-resolution food scans, including three freebies for commercial use.
Phoenix FD 4.1 for 3ds Max and Maya!
The new 4.1 relase of Phoenix FD is here: Chaos Group brings new features for particle systems and shaders!
The Witcher: Cinesite VFX Breakdown
Cinesite in the Witcher universe: the studio releases a new breakdown of its work on the major Netflix project!
Maxon Cineware for Unity
Cineware for Unity: the new free plug-in for Unity is here and supports geometry, materials, lighting and camera features!
UV Packmaster 2 for 3ds Max | Update
Faster packing in 3ds Max? UVPackmaster 2 is now available as a plug-in – on CUDA-capable cards, the tool also comes with GPU support!
Pixomondo | Midway VFX Breakdown
And again something from Pixomondo: in the new breakdown, the studio shows us the VFX work on the film “Midway”.
Free | VDB Simulations from JangaFX
Fancy some volumes? Smoke, fire, explosion, implosion and more: you can use these VDBs free of charge for your purposes!
Altered Carbon Season 2 | VFX Breakdown
Already watched the new season? Altered Carbon Season 2 in a breakdown by Switch VFX!
Open Access: More than 2,000 3D Models
More than 2.8 million images and over 2,000 3D models under a CC0 licence: Smithsonian brings various artefacts to the public.
Free Texturing: Mixer 2020 Released
Quixel releases the first Mixer 2020 preview release – with new 3D texture-painting features and more!
Blender-OSM Imports Global Map Data
The free Blender-OSM add-on imports OpenStreetMap buildings, roads, waterways, vegetation and DEM terrain into Blender scenes.
Universe 3.2 Adds Five Motion Tools
Red Giant Universe 3.2 adds Typographic, Reframe, Warp, Multitone and Socialize, plus more than 100 presets and templates.
ProRender 2.3 Supports Blender 2.82
Radeon ProRender 2.3 adds Blender 2.82 support, Mantaflow rendering, Uber-shader materials, Object ID AOVs and easier installs.
CrazyTalk Animator 3 Pro Was Free on Mac
CrazyTalk Animator 3 Pro offered Mac users 2D rigging, keyframe, IK, facial animation, lip-sync and prop-dynamics tools.
NoiseScape 2 Builds Layered Displacement
NoiseScape 2 adds procedural Noise, Tile and Brick displacement layers, presets and custom shaders to Cinema 4D.
MPC Breaks Down The Lion King’s VFX
MPC's 1,250 artists delivered 1,490 shots and 170,668 frames for The Lion King, supported by virtual production.
Chaos Group: Lavina Available in Beta
The realtime project for V-Ray is now ready to test as a beta for users with a V-Ray Next Render licence: Project Lavina is available as standalone version 0.10.
Carnival Row | VFX Breakdown
Season 1 of Carnival Row: the Amazon Prime series with Cara Delevigne and Orlando Bloom in a VFX breakdown by Pixomondo!
Houdini 18: Introduction to Solaris
Solaris: the node-based USD environment for lighting, lookdev, layout and rendering in Houdini 18.
100+ Free 4K PBR Textures
And even more material for the texture collection: You can find over 100 free PBR texture sets on Texture Box.
Image Engine VFX | Lost in Space: Season 2
Alongside Mackevision, Image Engine has now also released VFX breakdown reels for the current second season of Lost in Space:
Maya 2020 Bonus Tools
Autodesk releases a new version of the Maya Bonus Tools – including over 11 new tools and Maya 2020 compatibility.
ILM Behind the Magic: The Rise of Skywalker
New Behind The Magic from Industrial Light & Magic: VFX breakdowns for “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Cavalry Beta: Das neue Motion Design Tool?
More competition for the motion design software landscape? Cavalry is a promising tool - now in open beta.
The Beauty wins VES Award
Deep Dive with "The Beauty" - the short film from the Animation Institute of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg now also wins the VES Award - read the making-of from the DP.
Rigging and Animation Tools in Maya 2020
New video providing an overview of the Autodesk 2020 release: Blues Sky Studios and the Maya team discuss the new animation & rigging features.
New Unity 2019.3 Release
Unity 2019.3 is here: The game engine comes with a new editor interface, input system, faster iteration time in the editor and much more.
RenderMan 23.1 Now Available
New update for RenderMan: Alongside several fixes, release 23.1 includes new PxrSurface parameters and Alembic support, among other things.
Productions: New Premiere Pro Project Type
New team workflow in Premiere Pro: Adobe announces “Productions”, a new feature for larger projects and teamwork!
Free: Over 800 3D LUTs
Grading, moods and cinematic looks? With these 800+ LUTs, you will find a large selection for editing your footage! The download is free.
Free: Maya Hair Plug-in “Shave and a Haircut”
Fancy a free grooming tool? “Shave and a Haircut” version 9.6 is available free of charge on Github!
Raising Dion – VFX Breakdown RodeoFX
New VFX breakdown from RodeFX: The studio presents past work on the Netflix series “Raising Dion”!
Maya-Clarisse Bridge Tool 2.0
Faster exchange between Maya and Clarisse IFX: For anyone who switches a lot between the applications – the Bridge Tool is now available in V2.0!
Ornatrix 1.0 | More Hair for C4D
After two years of development, the Ornatrix grooming system is now available in version 1.0 for Cinema 4D!
Free Terrain Software: TerreSculptor 2
TerreScultpor 2 is newly released: The procedural terrain software is now available free of charge and comes with export formats for DCCs !
The Witcher – Netflix | VFX Breakdown
Toss a Coin to Framestore: In the new VFX breakdown, the studio shows its work on the new Netflix series “The Witcher”!
Facebuilder for Blender | Open Beta
KeenTools Facebuilder for Blender 2.8: The original Nuke tool is currently available as a free open Blender add-on beta!
3DBuzz Closes and Releases All Content
The 3Dbuzz site is closing its doors – as a final gesture to the community, all video content is being released free of charge.
Introduction to V-Ray | Chaos Group
No good resolutions for the new year yet? How about V-ray: Chaos Group releases a new tutorial series with practical tips and tricks!
Jumanji: The Next Level | VFX Breakdown
Method Studios reports in for the new year with a visual effects breakdown for “Jumani: The Next Level!”
Substance Painter Release | Auto UVs
Substance Painter 2019.3 finally adds automatic UV unwrapping, brush updates and news about cross-UDIM painting!
Sculptron: Otoy’s New Sculpt-Animation Tool
A new tool from Otoy: with Sculptron, the company wants to focus on a combination of sculpting and animation...
Autodesk Releases Mudbox 2020
Flame to Maya and Mudbox: Mudbox 2020 is intended to simplify the workflow between the applications, but what else is new?
Spider-Man: Far From Home | Sony Pictures Imageworks
A new visual effects breakdown for Spider-Man: Far From Home presents Sony Pictures Imageworks' work on the Marvel project.
Unreal Academy 2019
All Unreal Academy 2019 sessions are now available online, with many exciting workshops and tutorials!
Public Domain Textures | Free 4K Textures
New website for CC0 textures: Public Domain Textures offers a range of materials in up to 8
Maya 2020 Is Here with Arnold 6 GPU Rendering
And Maya 2020 is already here: Autodesk's new release adds new features and, above all, takes Arnold GPU out of beta.
Flame 2020.3 with Maya and Mudbox Workflow
Flame 2020.3 is here and brings a new Send to workflow to the VFX, compositing and finishing application.
CG Cinematography | Free Guide
Colour, ACES, light types, Gestalt laws, techniques and methods: this online guide is packed with CG cinematography information!
Pixar’s USD Pipeline
USD in the pipeline? Pixar explains how the format is used in production!
StemCell Converter Supports More Formats
The StemCell converter for 3D formats and applications now also supports Arnold and USDZ!
Cinema 4D R21.1 and New Redshift Features
Maxon releases the first service pack for Cinema 4D Release 21, now with more Redshift support!
Carnival Row Season 1 | VFX Breakdown
The first season of Amazon's Carnival Row is here, and Canadian studio Image Engine has released a new VFX breakdown.
RenderMan 23 Is Here!
RenderMan 23 is here, still without XPU but with more USD support, improved interactive rendering, sampling and more!
Image Engine | FX & Creature Reels
Eye candy from Image Engine: the studio shows several mini-breakdowns from its FX and simulation projects!
SideFX | Houdini 18 Release Is Here!
Houdini 18 is released: SideFX adds a new USD context, destruction, Pyro and FLIP fluid updates, modelling features and much more.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2020.3 Available
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2020.3 with numerous fixes, an Arnold support update and more.
Spider-Man: Far From Home | VFX Breakdowns
Several major VFX studios worked on Spider-Man: Far From Home. These are their new VFX breakdowns!
Rotoscoping with Silhouette 2020
Silhouette 2020 is the first release under Boris FX, with new roto tools, Mocha integration, paint improvements and more!
Free Download: Hundreds of 4K Materials
And to fill the next hard drive too: Share Textures offers you a large number of free 4K textures!
RodeoFX | Crawl VFX Breakdown
Alligators, CG water and more: RodeFX offers a look at its work on Crawl in a new VFX breakdown!