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Black Ink: customisable, GPU-based digital painting
Latest update to Bleank's innovative digital paint package adds standard Photoshop-style selection tools.
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Adobe rolls out update to After Effects CC
Updated: New Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor to rescue bad greenscreen; better mask workflow.
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Adobe rolls out Photoshop CC 2014
Big new update adds Focus Mask tool, new blur types, and better, OpenCL-based GPU acceleration.
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Adobe releases Photoshop Mix, Sketch and Line apps
New free iOS apps provide basic compositing, drawing and drafting tools on your iPad.
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RandomControl unveils Arion for 3ds Max 3
Hybrid physically based renderer gets support for hair and fur. Now available in open beta.
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Faceshift 2014 ships
Kinect-based facial scanning and markerless mocap tool gets quicker setup, improved tracking quality.
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aXYZ design releases free aXYZHUB asset browser
Browse stock assets, then rescale and batch process them for import into your 3ds Max scenes.
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Unreal Engine 4.3 will throw in SpeedTree for free
The runtime, at least. To edit plants in IDV's powerful vegetation system, you'll need to rent its Modeler app.
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CG Channel is on holiday this week
Normal news coverage resumes on Monday 30 June. Find out what will be happening on the site until then.
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Five technologies to watch: Redshift
Our week of cool tools kicks off with a 'ludicrously fast' GPU-based renderer for Maya and Softimage.
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Five technologies to watch: Akeytsu
Next, a promising work-in-progress tool that aims to rethinking rigging and animation for artists, not TDs.
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Five technologies to watch: appleseed
Today, a production-ready physically based renderer with one of the most beautiful demo shorts ever created.
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Five technologies to watch: Seekscale
An on-demand cloud render service aimed at VFX facilities that lets you use all your own tools and plugins.
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Five technologies to watch: Mitsuba
An open-source renderer on the bleeding edge of graphics research, for budding programmers and TDs.
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Expert advice: Marvel character artist Josh Herman
The creator of Iron Man's iconic suit explains his workflow, and his tips for making retopology less painful.
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The best of last week’s CG news in brief
Read our five-minute digest, from Blender 2.71 and GPU support in Fabric Engine to Autodesk buying Shotgun.
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Download Ideascale Nodepack for Mari
Get a handy collection of free Mari shaders and procedurals, compiled by Weta Digital's Jens Kafitz.
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e-on ships Ozone 2014
Atmosphere creation and rendering plugin gets new physically accurate sunlight model for subtle effects.
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Download 9 free photo cutouts of people
Get artist Krzysztof Czerwiński's collection of alpha-masked people, all licensed for commercial use.
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Krita 2.8 brings open-source paint tool to Windows users
Updated: Now with an early build for OS X, too. Back it on Kickstarter to speed up Mac development.
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