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Chaos V-Ray 7 Update 3 goes real time
Viewport real time meets offline finals in one workflow. Update 3 adds AI lighting help, new materials tools, and tighter review loops.
Media-Anywhere launches AirFrame.One
AirFrame.One serves frame-addressable media straight from cloud storage to a browser portal and Premiere, no file shuffling required.
Beeble Background Remover hits Cloud app
Background Remover unbundles fast AI masking into a standalone workflow with preview, refinement, and RGBA or alpha-only exports for comps.
Procedural Clouds with Cycles focus
Procedural Clouds lands on Superhive with Blender 4.5 to 5.0 support, Cycles targeting, GPL licensing, and three pricing tiers.
BMD European Tour 2026 lets you touch the gear
Blackmagic Design’s Workflow Tour lands in Amsterdam and Berlin in March with ATEM ISO and Resolve sessions aimed at fast podcast delivery.
![A group of people in various poses, with a focus on a woman in white attire, overlayed with the text 'SWITCHX' and the tagline 'SWITCH [ANYTHING]. KEEP WHAT MATTERS.' The scene is set against a beach background at dusk.](https://i0.wp.com/digitalproduction.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/beeble-switchx-hero.png?resize=380%2C250&quality=71&ssl=1)
Beeble SwitchX focuses on easy background swaps
Beeble launches SwitchX, a cloud video-to-video model built for easy background swaps and relighting in 2K.
Revcut launches GDPR first Video-review platform
Revcut launches a European GDPR focused video review platform positioning itself as an alternative to US hosted services.
Mnemonica sets out to fix digital cinema memory
Mnemonica Archive addresses digital film by treating preservation as an active, monitored process rather than passive storage.
Sky: Geometry Nodes-Based Volumetric Cloud and Atmosphere System for Blender
Sky is a new Geometry Nodes-based system for Blender that generates physically based volumetric clouds and a real-scale atmospheric sky directly inside Cycles.
No More 2D Smoke and Mirrors: Volumetric Noise for Nuke
Compositing Academy releases Volumetric Noise for Nuke, a raymarched plugin generating true 3D volumetrics with lighting and occlusion.
Rendering the Inferno at RiseFX: The Lost Bus
128 shots, 15 sequences, and GPUs on the brink: RISE FX’s Oliver Schulz explains how his team built the burning world of The Lost Bus.
Beeble launches SwitchLight 3.0
SwitchLight 3.0 from Beeble brings full video-frame PBR pass generation and relighting workflows.
Nanite marches in: Twinmotion 2025.2 update
Nanite now works in Twinmotion. 2025.2 also brings a new post stack, animation upgrades, VCAM tweaks, and cloud storage.
Photoshop 26.11: Firefly hops in, CJK text sharpens up
Firefly jumps into Photoshop, CJK text looks less like pixel soup. New update, same question: stable enough for production?
Ninja TX: Atomos Finally Gives Ninjas SDI, CFexpress, and Cloud: No Ancient Relics Inside
Atomos reveals Ninja TX: 12G-SDI, HDMI 2.0, CFexpress Type B, and all major codecs, ready for 8Kp30 and cloud, $999 from August 2025.
Still Taping? You Should Be: Why LTO Is the Only Backup That Ages Well
Your backup drive will die. Your cloud costs will rise. But a £100 tape will quietly last 30 years, if you treat it right. Yes, LTO still matters.
ICE Nexus: Pixel‑Perfect 3D Streaming Goes Live Today!
ICE Nexus 1, co-hosted with Arcware on June 25, 2025, presents free two‑hour deep‑dive on Unreal Engine pixel streaming, digital humans and virtual showrooms.
Chaos Corona 13: AI, GPU & Cartoon Vibes
Corona 13 adds AI Enhancer, GPU rendering via Vantage Live Link, cel/outline shaders, Scatter Clusters, AI‑based asset variations, Firefly removal, VRScene import, Thin‑Film shader.
iRender Cloud Render Farm Enhances Redshift Workflows
iRender offers a cloud-based render farm for Redshift users with RTX 4090 GPUs and Cinema 4D licenses to streamline high-end rendering tasks.
Terragen 4.8 & Sky Update: Shaping Clouds and Worlds
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.8 and updates Terragen Sky, introducing GPU previews, cloud exports, and a cloud-painting tool for CGI and VFX professionals.
Download 125 Free 2D Cloud Textures for VFX
Get 125 free 2D cloud textures for VFX and post-production. Perfect for compositing, matte painting, and CGI workflows.
17K Camera from Blackmagic Design on Preorder
Are YOU suffering from empty storage? Do you need EVERY pixel there is? Well, BMD has a camera for that - now on preorder, or live at the IBC.
C&R.me – post-production in the cloud
It's been a few years now since the term "cloud" has gone from buzzword to hype to working reality - but so far there are
very few tools that can do everything in the cloud. Sure, some tools have access or even their "own clouds", but wouldn't an "everything in the cloud" solution be better?
Houdini 20
The long-awaited update has finally been released and brings with it a whole host of new features. So many, in fact, that a special issue would be worthwhile. For now, here's an overview and an in-depth article on rendering by Olaf Finkbeiner in the next issue.
Collaboration with Blackmagic Cloud
With the introduction of Blackmagic Cloud, Blackmagic Design offers a simple workflow for online collaboration
with DaVinci Resolve. Despite the ongoing beta phase, we dared to use Blackmagic Cloud productively a few weeks ago - with very positive results overall.
Colorfront presents new functions of its product line
Update: At IBC 2022, the developer of on-set dailies and transcoding systems presented its product line - and its functions. The focus was on innovations in the areas of connectivity and image processing.
The glTF Scene Toolkit on Otoys Marketplace?
The Americans around Otoy join forces with the Germans from UX3D. Otoy's ecosystem now offers 100 per cent glTF support!
Off to the cloud with Blackmagic raw files?
Transcode BMD raw footage natively with Alteon.io - saving creative professionals many hours of work. Alteon.io promises to support other important file formats.
Practical test of the Filmic Pro app with Frame.io!
Only for YouTubers? Master editor Oliver Peters gets behind the handset - and behind the editing suite and on-location camera. Can the Filmic Pro app inspire?
Filmic camera app for Frame.io available!
An eye for an eye - with the cloud services of the amazing collaboration platform Frame.io.
Access Flame, Flare & Flame Assist via the AWS cloud!
Autodesk is entering into a partnership with the Amazon Web Services cloud. This should make decentralised work more efficient. Also: Updates for Flame announced!
Music of the future at Nvidia’s GTC conference
VFX triad at the GTC: "Adobe Substance 3D enters into marriage with Nvidia's Omniverse", "Artist collaborations worldwide with Omniverse Cloud" and "Improved rendering on Nvidia's online platforms".
Avid Media Composer 2021.12 Reviewed
Media Composer 2021.12 adds cloud licence transfers, Monterey and M1 emulation support, Windows 11 compatibility and interface updates.
Adobe Announces US$1.275 Billion Acquisition of Frame.io
Adobe agreed to acquire camera-to-cloud collaboration platform Frame.io for US$1.275 billion, with completion expected in its fourth fiscal quarter of 2021.
Lightworks 2021.3 Adds Cloud Storage and Improved Onboarding
Lightworks 2021.3 introduced cloud-storage integration, a startup wizard, guided interface tips and a redesigned local-files library.
Tutorial: Art Directing Volumetric Clouds in Unreal Engine 4 and 5
William Faucher demonstrates positioning volumetric clouds and using Cloud Mask Object and Cloud Mask Generator in Unreal Engine.
Autodesk Renames Shotgun as ShotGrid
Autodesk rebranded production-management platform Shotgun as ShotGrid, moved it to Autodesk licensing and introduced monthly, annual and three-year subscriptions.
Tutorial: Rendering VDB Clouds with Corona Renderer 6
SOA Academy demonstrates a VDB cloud-rendering workflow in Corona Renderer 6 and provides an accompanying article with additional guidance.
Greyscalegorilla Launches Cloud Subscription Greyscale Plus
Greyscale Plus brought Greyscalegorilla plug-ins, materials, textures, HDRIs and training into a cloud subscription for Cinema 4D rendering workflows.
3ds Max Omniverse Connector Enters Open Beta
Nvidia’s Omniverse Connector for 3ds Max enters open beta with USD-layer workflows for managing imports and transformations.
Lazy Manager Adds Shared 3ds Max Asset Management
Joker Martini’s Lazy Manager organises and publishes objects, materials and modifiers across multiple 3ds Max instances.
Free Earth Displacement Map Released at up to 48K
VFX Asset released a free 16-bit Earth displacement map at up to 48K, alongside a paid higher-resolution 172K edition.
Teradici PCoIP for Remote Workstations
Teradici explains PCoIP Ultra, encrypted pixel streaming, 4K multi-monitor support, cloud deployment, hardware options and licensing.
Dropbox Adds Frame-Accurate Media Review
Dropbox Creative Tools adds frame-accurate video comments, multi-track audio preview and cloud-based review for remote production teams.
Dropbox on Cloud Workflows for Large Media
Dropbox’s Andy Wilson discusses delta sync, 4 MB chunks, Smart Sync, previews, APIs and remote workflows for large video and VFX files.
Unreal Engine 4.26 Flowmaps Shape Volumetric Clouds
Technical artist Ryan Brucks demonstrates drawing density and 3D flow maps to shape volumetric clouds in Unreal Engine 4.26.
Maxon and Conductor Bring Cinema 4D and Redshift to Cloud Rendering
Maxon and Conductor integrated Cinema 4D and Redshift with scalable cloud-rendering resources across Windows, macOS and Linux.
Vegas Pro 18 Expands Remote Workflow
Vegas Pro 18 adds AI effects, GPU acceleration, motion tracking, HDR and plans cloud media management through Vegas Hub.
Coronavirus and CG Software: Free Access
In the context of the current coronavirus situation, several software providers are now offering their tools free of charge for a limited period – including Adobe, Foundry, Autodesk and Avid.
G-Casper: In Call Sheet Paradise?
Free, open-source management tool with automated call sheets, cast and crew lists and more!
From Sketch to Cloud!
A few strokes are enough: after a short calculation time, the free tool "KumoWorks" renders any cloud for you!
Video Copilot | Nebula 3D
New plug-in announcement from Andrew and his team: real-time volumetric lighting & VDB sequences in After Effects with Nebula 3D!
Chaos Cloud Rendering
Order in chaos - the new one-click solution from Chaos Group? Here is all the information about the new cloud-rendering feature for V-Ray.
Cloudy to fiery – Volumetric effects in Cinema 4D (Part 1)
In this two-part series of articles, we will provide the experienced Cinema 4D user with in-depth insights into the creation of volumetric effects with the onboard tools of Cinema 4D - without any plug-ins, particles or Pyro Cluster. The first part of the series is dedicated to visible lights and their texturing with volumetric shaders.
Redshift: Interview with the developers
Biased vs unbiased rendering, new features in Redshift 3.0 and a look into the future of rendering: This and more in our conversation with the developers!
Cloudy Athera
For anyone who has not yet noticed: Foundry has unveiled Athera and will soon release it for selected users to test.
V-Ray Cloud: New Rendering Service
New rendering service with V-Ray Cloud: Chaos Group has announced integrated cloud rendering for V-Ray and launched a beta program.
Zync: More Tools and a New Pricing Structure
Google’s Zync Render now also supports V-Ray GPU from Chaos Group and the Cara VR plug-in for Nuke. There is also improved price calculation.
OctaneVR for After Effects and Nuke!
Otoy releases free versions of Octane for Adobe After Effects and Foundry Nuke - for all OctaneVR subscribers.
Foundry SIGGRAPH contributions online
From the new cloud pipeline "Elara" to the features in Nuke 11: The Siggraph presentations from Foundry are now online - the new showreel is also available!
Terragen, the Fourth
Planetside releases Terragen 4—new features of the tool for realistic environment renderings include ray-traced preview and multiple scattering for clouds, which can be tried in the free version of the software.
Google Zync Render in Beta
Zync, Google’s cloud rendering service, has entered the beta phase.
Scratch 8.2 & Web
Grading directly in the camera live feed, Oculus Rift, and cloud-based one-click reviews - new tools in Scratch.
Cloudy with a view of Houdini
Review: In DP 03 : 2014, we climbed into the opening scene of the bestselling film adaptation of The Book Thief. Rise Visual Effects Studios realised a long cloud sequence including a 3D tracking shot with Houdini. How do artists create the perfect cumulus cloud?
No More Autodesk Upgrade Sales
Autodesk has revealed its sales strategy for the next few years: From February 2015, software upgrades will no longer be available to purchase. But that is not all.
3D Tool on the Go
Clara.io is a web-based 3D content-creation tool in beta that, according to Exocortex, gives artists access to their models in a web browser at any time.
Everything New in After Effects CC
After Effects in the cloud: the CC version due in June is available only through Creative Cloud. Here are all the new feature videos.
FMX: Pixar, Cloud Computing and More
Disney/Pixar's Saschka Unseld presents The Blue Umbrella at FMX, alongside sessions on cloud gaming and computing.
Cloud GPU Technologies from Nvidia
At this year's GPU Technology Conference, Nvidia presents another innovative development. Cloud computing receives acceleration through the Kepler architecture.
New Cloud Service for RenderMan
Pixar has recently begun offering a cloud-based rendering service. This service is intended to relieve the company's own render farm and ease the pipeline flow.
Rendering in the Cloud
Meeting at the client’s office, and the laptop is too weak for rendering? Or is your project too large for your own render farm? FELIX Online Rendering aims to help – and moves the entire rendering process into the cloud.
NVIDIA RealityServer: First GPU-Based 3D Cloud Computing Solution
NVIDIA and rendering-technology provider Mental Images introduce RealityServer, a new cloud-computing solution.
Kaspersky Lab launches Kaspersky Hosted Security Services
Kaspersky Lab presents Kaspersky Hosted Security Services at this year’s Systems. With mailDefend, webDefend and imDefend, companies can protect all of their Internet and communications traffic against malware and spam without installing software locally. The services are available immediately.
Kaspersky Lab Presents Kaspersky Hosted Security Services at Systems
Kaspersky Lab is presenting its complete range of enterprise security solutions at this year's Systems from October 23 to 26 at Messe München.
Internet-based form service especially for SMEs
Adobe and Absolute Development conclude OEM agreement
Greatnet Launches Virtual Server Hosting Packages
Greatnet’s 2002 virtual-server offer limited each machine to 60 customers and included root access, a fixed IP address and a choice of Linux distributions.