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BorisFX unveils Mocha Pro, Continuum & Sapphire 2019.5
Check out the new features due in the free updates to the planar tracker and effects plugin suites.
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Foundry ships Mari 4.5
Big update to 3D texture painting software adds entire new material system for roughing out the look of assets, plus new Arnold shader.
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Master Houdini Terrain Techniques
Discover how to use Houdini's powerful terrain-generation tools with Gnomon's detailed tutorial.
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Download 21 free cutout animals from VIShopper
Get cutout cats, dogs, livestock and birds in PSD format for use in CG work. Licensed for commercial use.
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Get free matte painting source images from MattePaint
Handy online image library offers reference photos for VFX artists at high resolution and multiple EVs.
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Sketchfab’s models of the month: March 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models, including a stylish stylised take on Spider-Man's Doc Ock.
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Tyson Ibele releases tyFlow for 3ds Max in free open beta
Hotly tipped replacement for 3ds Max's Particle Flow toolset provides fast, multithreaded multiphysics.
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Vizrt buys NewTek
Real-time broadcast graphics firm buys the LightWave developer, though the focus of the deal is NewTek's own broadcast tech.
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ftrack releases ftrack Review
Streamlined new cloud-based shot review tool lets clients submit feedback on VFX and animation projects from their web browser.
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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.22
Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools.
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Adobe releases After Effects CC 16.1
Spring 2019 update adds Content-Aware Fill for automatic object removal, new Expressions Editor.
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Adobe releases Character Animator CC 2.1
2D animation tool gets Character Trigger extension for Twitch streamers, workflow improvements.
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Adobe ships Dimension CC 2.1
3D app for graphic designers gets support for cloud rendering and Substance materials, but the old V-Ray render engine has gone.
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Faceware ships Analyzer 3.8, Retargeter 5.8 and Shepherd
Neat AI-driven updates to firm's markerless facial capture software boost quality of automated solves.
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Faceware slashes the prices of its facial mocap systems
Cost of perpetual licences of its Analyzer Studio software down 70%; rental now costs $199/year.
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Autodesk unveils Flame 2020
Compositing and effects software to get new AI-driven depth and normal map generators, support for Cryptomatte and OFX plugins.
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Superluminal ships Stardust 1.4 for After Effects
Free update to the modular particle system adds support for volumetric lighting, shadow catcher material.
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Wysilab ships Instant Terra 1.5
Promising landscape generation app gets new mountain erosion system, sun and ambient light controls, OBJ export for 3D terrain.
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Get started in Clarisse V4
Master Isotropix's powerful set dressing, look dev and rendering software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
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Cycles 4D gets principled shading, Cryptomatte support
Check out the new features in Insydium's Cinema 4D version of Blender's Cycles render engine.
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