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Check out the new features coming up in Clarisse iFX 4.0
Big update to the set dressing and rendering tool aims to replace conventional CG lights entirely.
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IDV unveils SpeedTree Engine
New version of the tree-creation tech will let users generate variant trees and animation inside DCC tools like Clarisse, Maya, 3ds Max.
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Cospective releases cineSync 4.1.5
Remote shot review system adds option to play back multiple clips as a single continuous file sequence.
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Gravity Sketch releases Gravity Sketch VR 1.5
Promising virtual reality design tool gets support for groups, surface patches and orthographic views.
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Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.05 in beta
Real-time rendering toolkit gets new texture baking features, plus two new microsurface shaders.
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Pixar ships free edition of RenderMan 22
Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.
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Quixel releases Quixel Bridge 2018.4
Free app for exporting Megascans assets to other software gets live link to Maya, new compact UI.
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Quixel ships Mixer 2018.2
Intuitive tool for combining scanned materials, like those from Quixel's Megsascans library, adds support for layer masks, opacity blending.
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Sneak peek: Video Copilot’s Orb for After Effects
New free plugin will generate realistic 3D planets with physically based shading and atmospheres.
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World Machine 3022 ‘Mt. Daniel’ ships
Terrain generator gets fast new snow system with separate controls for snow deposition and snow melt.
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Foundry ships Mari 4.2
Long-awaited new mirrored projection system lets users paint symmetrically on any model: no need for a specialised UV layout.
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Adobe unveils Fall 2018 release of After Effects
Update adds depth passes for native 3D layers, new expressions engine, GPU-based Mocha plugin.
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Adobe unveils new features in Character Animator CC
Next update to add AI-driven tool for transferring the art style of any source image to your animation.
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Unity Technologies releases Unity 2018.3 in beta
Game engine gets new particle tools, support for isometric tilemaps - and, at long last, nested prefabs.
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Boris FX unveils Mocha Pro, Continuum and Sapphire 2019
Mocha Pro to include 360° tracking tool Mocha VR; Continuum to add 2D particle system particleIllusion.
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Free tool Kiko ports animation curves from Maya to Nuke
Toolchefs' neat open-source tool transfers curves between DCC apps in a pipeline-friendly way.
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Eye candy: Allegorithmic’s 2018 Substance VFX showreel
See amazing VFX created with Substance Designer and Painter, from ads to Blade Runner: 2049.
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Chaos Group releases Beta 3 of V-Ray Next for Maya
Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising.
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See DreamWorks’ new CG shorts at Gnomon on Thursday
Watch exclusive screenings of Bilby and Bird Karma, then learn from the directors how they were created.
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Unreal Studio now free until September 2019
Suite of tools for getting CAD data into Unreal Engine for visualisation to stay in open beta another year.
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