SplineOffset, a new free plugin by iToo Software
iToo Software – the developer of Forest Pack and RailClone – has released a new free plugin for 3DS Max called SplineOffset. SplineOffset is a modifier that can clone splines while allowing the user to incrementally increase or decrease their offset, translation, and rotation. In many ways, it is like a combination of a parametrised version of 3DS […]
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MPC’s “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” — VFX Breakdown
Per MPC’s dedicated X-Men: Dark Phoenix page: MPC was the lead facility on Dark Phoenix and delivered over 660 shots, though they worked on many more. Over 1,350 out of the 1,700 shots have a visual effects component. With a team of over 1,500 artists, they created all of the X-Men digital doubles and supplied them to other VFX […]
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Shotgun Create released
Update: Shotgun Create, the desktop app announced last year that combines many of the review tools in Shotgun into a single cloud-based desktop app aimed at artists is now out of beta. Shotgun Create can play both local and remotely-stored videos and image sequences and has built-in annotation tools to add visual feedback on individual frames, […]
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Da Vinci Resolve 16.1 announced
BlackMagic Design has announced the latest version of DaVinci Resolve. Version 16.1, which is out now as a public beta, features several updates to the Cut Page including the ability to place media in various folders and isolate clips from being used when viewing clips in the source tape, sync bin or sync window. Clips will be seen […]
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New Project Lavina preview
Chaos Group has released another preview of Project Lavina showing some of the new features coming to its application for 100% ray tracing in real-time. The video, originally shown at SIGGRAPH 2019, demonstrates several new features including a new real-time Chaos denoiser, multiple GPU support, animation support, enhanced camera controls and transitions, automatic collision and stair/ramp […]
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Twinmotion updated
Epic Games has announced an update to Twinmotion, its recently acquired real-time tool based on UE4 that’s aimed at the architectural industry. New features include one-click direct link synchronisation with SketchUp Pro (similar features already exist for Archicad and Revit). Also included in this release are revamped and expanded grass presets and improved stability and performance. […]
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Vue and PlantFactory Summer 2019 versions released
E-On has announced the release of new versions of Vue and PlantFactory. New features include support for VRay Next, a new orthographic camera, 15 botanically accurate vegetation species, more than 300 new content assets, and over 60 additional feature, performance and user experience enhancements. To see a full list of the changes, see the E-On blog. Experience […]
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Radeon ProRender for Blender 2.0 stable version released
AMD announced at SIGGRAPH the stable released of Radeon ProRender for Blender 2.0. This version was completely rewritten to take advantage of the new features of Blender 2.80 including support for Blender native shader nodes along with maintaining support for AMDs Uber Shade node for more “expert level” shader setup. Hair rendering is also supported, as […]
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Akeytsu 2019 roadmap released
Nukeygara has released its 2019 roadmap for Akeytsu, its software that aims to take a new and more intuitive approach to character animation and rigging. Main new features will include: Native support for macOS Implementation of additive layers and support for voxel skinning An innovative facial blendshape workflow Animation recomputing after pivot reorientation in Bind […]
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Exr-IO 2.02 released
3d-io has announced the release of Exr-IO 2.02, a small update to its free OpenEXR plug-in for Adobe Photoshop that recently added support for decoding cryptomatte masks. The new release adds the ability to create Cryptomatte masks with transparency in the layers instead of grayscale layers and includes updates to the script for the automatic creation of layer […]
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