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IKinema releases Orion 2.0
Low-cost full-body mocap system based around HTC Vive hardware gets new 'system health tracker' to monitor data quality automatically.
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Eye candy: Autodesk’s 2019 M&E showreel
See new work created in 3ds Max, Maya and Flame, from Fantastic Beasts to fabulous student shorts.
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Maxon buys Redshift
Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.
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Blackmagic Design ships Fusion 16 Studio in beta
Compositing app gets revamped UI and more GPU acceleration, but the free edition has been dropped.
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Blackmagic Design ships DaVinci Resolve 16 in beta
Grading and editing app gets AI-driven 'Neural Engine' to automate repetitive tasks, new effects tools.
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cebas ships finalRender Drop 3
3ds Max renderer adds Intel's CPU-based Open Image Denoise system, plus support for Nvidia RTX cards in the OptiX GPU denoiser.
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Marmoset ships Toolbag 3.07
Real-time rendering toolkit gets new Python callbacks to help with writing live link plugins, better stability when baking textures.
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AMD ships Radeon ProRender for Blender 2.0 in open beta
Free GPU renderer gets support for AI denoising, adaptive sampling, hair rendering. New versions for 3ds Max & Maya, too.
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Ziva Dynamics releases Ziva VFX 1.6 for Maya
Soft tissue simulation plugin's neat anatomy transfer function ports rigs from one character to another.
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Game engine and crowd tools devs win tech Emmy Awards
Creators of UE4 and Unity win 2019 Technology & Engineering awards, along with Massive, Golaem, Miarmy and Houdini.
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Thinkinetic releases Pulldownit 4.5 for 3ds Max
Shattering and dynamics plugin gets new Alembic exporter, better performance on high-poly meshes.
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New Nvidia driver brings true DXR ray tracing to older GPUs
Free driver update extends DXR support on selected Pascal and Volta GPUs, including the GeForce 1060 to 1080 Ti.
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Sneak peek: Video Copilot’s new Nebula 3D plugin
Video: see footage created with the firm's cool-looking new 3D volumetrics tool for After Effects.
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Download 10 free tiling bark textures under a CC0 licence
Get 10 free 4,096 x 4,096px bark textures from the team behind Alter '49, then buy 3D models to support the student film.
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Learn how to set up armatures for figurative sculpture
New Gnomon training reveals how to create supports for expressive, anatomically accurate sculptures.
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Discover how CoSA VFX created Lucifer’s wings
See key artists break down their CG work on the drama at Gnomon's Hollywood campus next week. Watch free online.
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Download 10 free tiling bark textures under a CC0 licence
Get 10 free sets of 4,096 x 4,096px bark texture maps from the team behind student movie Alter '49.
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Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 2019 Build 40
Inexpensive image-editing app gets Poisson blending for feature removal, plus H.264 video export.
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InnoBright ships Altus Studio 2.4 and Altus ServerPro 2.4
Updated: Standalone render denoising tools get new integration plugins for Houdini and Clarisse.
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