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das element 2.3 speeds library browsing
Version 2.3 adds AVIF import, popularity data, gallery navigation and CLI fixes aimed at large studio media libraries.
Using C4D’s Axis Tool in a Product Viz workflow
SilverwingVFX shows how he handles object axis in his Cinema 4D studio workflowthat ensures a fast and fluent process even with challenging and unoptimized computer aided design imports.
PolygoFlow Dash asset manager goes free on Fab
Free Dash asset manager lands on Fab: browse local assets across UE5 projects, tag up to 1000 assets a month, and use smart collections.
InstaMAT Test: Painting, Procedurals and Pasta
InstaMAT merges painting, materials, and mesh editing into one node-based tool that connects Substance-style workflows with procedural control. Sounds great, so we'll get our hands dirty and test it!
ZBrush 2026.1: Retopo & Assets
Retopology arrives as a sculpting native system, photogrammetry lands on iPad, and ZBrush’s assets finally move out of Program Files.
Das Element 2.2: Major Step Forward for Asset Management
The new Das Element 2.2 release strengthens 3D handling, adds dynamic permission controls and custom Python action hooks to make studio asset management even smoother.
Peakto for Premiere: search your footage like never before
At Adobe MAX 2025, CYME launched “Peakto for Premiere Pro”: a plugin giving editors AI-search across local and shared media without the cloud.
UE Organizer: Taming the Unreal Vault Jungle
DocHardGames’ UE Organizer finally brings order to your Unreal Engine Vault. Free for browsing and tagging, $5/month for one-click import, AI tagging and sync.
Project Manager 3.41 Adds Translucency, Archives & Online Licences
Project Manager 3.41 lands with archive import, PBR translucency, online licences, colour labels, and multi-category filtering for 3ds Max users.
Dash 1.9 Makes a Splash in UE5 Asset Management
Polygonflow's Dash 1.9 update enhances Unreal Engine 5 asset management with a free content browser, advanced shaders, and improved organizational features.
Adobe Substance 3D Stager 3.1 Beta
Adobe Substance 3D Stager 3.1 introduces key updates, enhancing material editing, asset management, and real-time rendering workflows.
Sketchsoft Releases Feather 1.0: Streamlined 3D Drawing
Sketchsoft’s Feather 1.0 introduces a real-time 3D drawing and modeling tool focused on efficient asset creation.
Unity 6: New Features After the Licensing Turmoil
Unity 6's release brings new features and stability enhancements. Licensing policies have been reworked after last year’s backlash, with better flexibility for small studios.
Intelligent Media Assistant?
Isn't it time to say goodbye to old workflows? And put the hype surrounding AI to good use? Instead of breathless marketeer newsletters that nobody reads anyway, there are also useful applications - for example Cara One.
Element 2.1: Asset management for VFX professionals
The latest version of Das Element 2.1 brings numerous improvements, including enhanced video controls and improved library migration.
The knights from the cutting table rush to the rescue
As I often work on several projects at the same time with Premiere, After Effects and Photoshop, it's difficult to keep track of the time spent. In my search for a solution, I came across "Knights of the Editing Table".
A new element is here!
Element, our favourite 3D asset manager, is entering its second version - now with infinite scroll, duplicate detector and the long-awaited assignment of textures and maps to geometry within the manager!
Hitchhikers Guide to … asset libraries?
Let's talk about asset management! But why do we actually want to organise our assets?
Shotgrid at the discounter?
It's not just VFX studios that have digital assets of all kinds - CGI pipelines are now
now run through all industries. We take a look at what a discounter is doing with Shotgrid (formerly Shotgun).
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.
The element appears in version 1.2!
VFX Library Software from Munich gets an upgrade. Further development focuses on user-friendliness and teamwork. Founder Jonas Kluger presents the new functions.
Version 1.1.4 of “das element” released!
Is the future of asset management coming from Munich? The new version offers incremental improvements that will fuel your asset organisation mania!
Element-ary Asset Management
There's something with AI and industry relevance for asset management - and it's also from Munich. Do you already know the element?
Quixel Assets for Abandoned Interiors
A curated Quixel Megascans selection supplies statues, cushions, metal tables, stools and fireplaces for decayed environments.
Post-Apocalyptic City Asset Pack Updated for Unreal Engine
Kimmo Kaunela’s Post Apocalyptic City pack added interiors to a modular Unreal Engine environment containing around 200 adjustable elements.
USD Shell Extension | Release
Actvision released: a source-free software solution for USD file management.
Kyno as an editing assistant for Resolve
Review: In DP 04 : 2020, our author Uli Plank took a look at the management app Kyno - and its support for Blackmagic Design.
Connecter 3.0 Expands Asset Management Integrations
Connecter 3.0 adds Revit support, improved 3ds Max and Blender integrations, PBR previews, image comparison and backup tools.
Closed Caption Creator
Fresh out of beta: The free web-based application has officially been released.
Here Comes Kyno ….
Screening, logging, organisation and transcoding, all compatible with Excel, Premiere (or FCP) and then an intuitive interface too - with Kyno there are no more excuses for an untidy archive.
Toon Boom Manager
Toon Boom Animation has acquired asset-management, production-tracking and review tool Tactic Studio and renamed it Toon Boom Manager.
ftrack Customer Showreel
The ftrack Customer Reel contains lots of great breakdowns, including from “Kung Fury” and “Mara and the Firebringer.”
Shotgun 6.3 with New Functions
The media app helps artists and supervisors manage and edit media in a project. Now there is a new version with practical functions.
New SLiB BROWSER PRO Plugin for Maya
The completely revised version of the library assistant runs more stably and can export shaders or even entire assets.
Following the Acquisition of Blue Order: Avid Expands Interplay into a Complete Media Asset Management Solution
New Interplay product series enables media companies to increase the value of their assets, collaborate in more varied ways and gain enormous flexibility.
NAB 2009: NorCom Presents Complete MAM System
NorCom presents NCPower Compact, a preinstalled media-asset-management system covering ingest through playout.
Final Cut Server: First Update
The update to version 1.1 resolves issues including problems checking Final Cut Pro projects in and out.
MotionBuilder 5 Expands Character Workflow
MotionBuilder 5 added a Story timeline, real-time OpenGL rendering, broader file support and professional mocap and asset tools.
KRO Adopts Blue Order Media Archive
Dutch broadcaster KRO uses Blue Order’s Media Archive platform to manage and preserve video and audio content.
NXN Integrates Asset Management with Maya 5
A new plug-in provides access to NXN alienbrain Studio functions directly from Maya 5.
Side Effects Releases Houdini 6
Houdini 6 adds asset-management improvements alongside updates to animation, lighting, compositing, particles and rendering.
Blue Order Updates Media Workbench
Blue Order Media Workbench 2.25 adds direct remote access alongside workflow, version-control, playback and editing improvements.
NAB 2003: Avid Presents New DNA Family
The special hardware enables real-time functionality and better image and sound quality in video editing.
Scalable MPEG Playback for Broadcast Operations
AirBox was presented as a scalable MPEG-2 playback system with frame-accurate tape control, scheduling, live playlist changes and metadata archiving.
Sony Pictures Imageworks Deploys NXN Alienbrain VFX Studio-Wide
Imageworks selected Alienbrain VFX to manage models, motion-capture data, renders and live-action plates across projects including Spider-Man 2 and The Polar Express.
NXN Alienbrain Supports Major 2002 Game Releases
Electronic Arts and other studios used NXN Alienbrain to organise project files and coordinate teams across a wide range of console and PC games.
Blue Order and D.A.V.I.D. Sign Media-Management OEM Agreement
The agreement integrated DigaMedia editing, browsing and transcoding modules into Blue Order’s Media Archive platform for newsroom and archive workflows.
Incite Editor 3.0 Adds Distributed Production Tools
Incite Editor 3.0 combined edit-during-capture, background rendering, shared media management and SAN-ready collaboration.
Optibase Signs QuickVideo OEM Agreement with InfoValue
Optibase agreed to offer InfoValue QuickVideo server software for video servers, multicast video on demand and archives.
NXN Adds Microsoft Office Integration to Alienbrain 6.0
A free Alienbrain 6.0 plug-in brought asset management, version control and team workflow into Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Mediahouse Chooses Quantel generationQ for Sports News
Mediahouse selected a Quantel generationQ server and editing system for SNTV sports bulletins and TWI programming.
Framepool Releases Second Stock-Footage Showreel
Framepool’s second showreel sampled more than 60,000 downloadable shots across locations, effects, sport, people, nature and business.
Roxio PhotoSuite 4 Platinum Reduced to €29.99
PhotoSuite 4 Platinum combined photo correction, effects, albums, slideshows, printing and web publishing.
Adobe Graphics Server 2.0 Automates Image Conversion
Graphics Server 2.0 converted master images into multiple formats and sizes for web and cross-media production.
Blue Order Expands Media Workbench 2.2
Media Workbench 2.2 added personal folder structures, drag-and-drop transfers, watch folders and configurable metadata for distributed media teams.
LSI Logic and SGI Demonstrate High-Performance SAN System
The SAN Server 1000 demonstration combined SGI shared storage with film restoration, video-on-demand and live delivery applications.
TurboSquid and Maxon Create a Cinema 4D Marketplace
Maxon and TurboSquid made native Cinema 4D models easier to buy, sell and exchange online.
Hahn Film Selects NXN Alienbrain for SimsalaGrimm
Hahn Film adopted Alienbrain to manage assets, revisions and project progress for the SimsalaGrimm animated feature.
Sony Online Develops EverQuest II with NXN Alienbrain
Sony Online Entertainment used Alienbrain to manage more than 100,000 2D and 3D assets during production of EverQuest II.
Criterion Games Uses Alienbrain for Code and Art Assets
Criterion Games adopted Alienbrain CodeClient to manage source code and visual assets within one version-control and workflow platform.
Lionhead Studios Selects NXN Alienbrain
Lionhead and its satellite studios adopted Alienbrain 5.0 to manage assets, projects, workflows and source-code versions across game productions.
eMotion Adds ArchivePartner and CreativePartner to Its Product Range
ArchivePartner and CreativePartner brought scalable media-asset storage, search, rights management and online collaboration to smaller organisations.
GDC 2002: NXN Adds Project, Studio and Bug Management to Alienbrain
NXN announced PMX, SMX and BMX extensions for Alienbrain 5.0, covering project planning, studio reporting and integrated bug tracking.
eMotion Releases MediaPartner 4.1
MediaPartner 4.1 expanded workflow, collaboration, metadata import and bulk-ingest capabilities for enterprise digital media management.