VFX Developments
Katana 3.5 Brings USD Pipelines and Interactive Renders to Light
Katana 3.5 Brings USD Pipelines and Interactive Renders to Light Katana scene processing is now multi-threaded. Katana 3.5 has a new core engine, rebuilt to perform key operations faster and speed up iteration. Using a new option to render images directly to…
January 06, 2020
VFX
AMD Develops New, Updated Radeon ProRender Integrations and Plug-Ins
AMD Develops New, Updated Radeon ProRender Integrations and Plug-Ins Image: Yan Ge, Radeon ProRender for Cinema 4D R21. During 2019, AMD released several different integrations and plug-ins for the Radeon ProRender physically-based render engine that improve…
December 30, 2019
VFX
NVIDIA vGPU Upgrades Virtual Environments for High-Resolution Graphics
Virtual workstations can now handle applications running at 8K resolution, with a faster user experience, using the most recent NVIDIA virtual GPU (vGPU) software with NVIDIA GPUs.
December 17, 2019
VFX
Maxon and Red Giant to Merge for Content Creation
Maxon and Red Giant to Merge for Content Creation Cinema 4D [Blind - Xbox One X launch project] 3D and motion design software developers Maxon and Red Giant have reached a definitive agreement to merge under the media and entertainment division of Nemetschek…
December 16, 2019
VFX
Unreal Engine 4.24 Grows a Hair System and New USD Support
Unreal Engine 4.24 Grows a Hair System and New USD Support Epic Games Unreal Engine 4.24 has a new strand-based hair and fur system, new landscape tools, atmospheric skies, USD support and better multi-display rendering. The biggest change is that the Engine…
December 11, 2019
VFX
Maya 2020 and Arnold 6 Upgrade Animation, Bifrost and Arnold GPU
Maya 2020 and Arnold 6 Upgrade Animation, Bifrost and Arnold GPU Arnold 6 with Arnold GPU Maya-to-Arnold Autodesk Maya 2020 includes over 60 updates to its animation tools, and to the graph editor and time slider. Maya’s visual programming environment Bifrost…
December 09, 2019
VFX
DNEG Promotes VFX Veteran Lee Berger to Head LA Studio
DNEG Promotes VFX Veteran Lee Berger to Head LA Studio DNEG visual effects, animation and stereo conversion company, has promoted Lee Berger to its global client services team as Executive Vice President and Head of DNEG in Los Angeles. Having spent the last…
December 05, 2019
VFX
Flame 2020.2 Update Adds AI Tools and Improves Reference Comparison
Flame 2020.2 Update Adds AI Tools and Improves Reference Comparison Reference images can be stored in a new library for comparisons. Building on the machine learning functionality initially introduced with Flame 2020, this update adds more uses of AI for…
December 05, 2019
VFX
Redshift Integrates Cinema 4D Procedural Noise and Node Materials
Redshift Integrates Cinema 4D Procedural Noise and Node Materials Maxon Redshift 3.0.12 includes new native support for Cinema 4D noises and deeper integration with Cinema 4D generally, including the option to define materials using Cinema 4D’s native…
November 28, 2019
VFX
Chaos Group’s RTX Support Accelerates V-Ray Next for 3ds Max and Maya
Chaos Group’s RTX Support Accelerates V-Ray Next for 3ds Max and Maya GPU Rendering in V-Ray Next for Maya. (Method Studios) Starting in November 2019, artists using V-Ray Next GPU can now use the dedicated ray-tracing hardware within NVIDIA’s RTX class of…
November 22, 2019
VFX
Moving Picture Company Strengthens Finishing Team in Los Angeles
Moving Picture Company Strengthens Finishing Team in Los Angeles The MPC LA studio announces that Karena Ajamian has been promoted to Executive Producer of Finishing, supporting a series of high-profile campaigns for global brands. The specialized team in LA…
November 22, 2019
VFX
Framestore Welcomes Vince Baertsoen Head of CG for Integrated Advertising
Framestore Welcomes Vince Baertsoen Head of CG for Integrated Advertising Framestore is pleased to announce that Vince Baertsoen has joined the company as Global Head of CG for Integrated Advertising. In his role he will oversee the implementation of new…
November 21, 2019
VFX
Boris FX Sapphire 2020 Supports OpenColorIO and New Mocha Integrations
Boris FX Sapphire 2020 Supports OpenColorIO and New Mocha Integrations Parameter tracking - Mocha now tracks Sapphire positional parameters. Boris FX Sapphire, updated to its 2020 version, now has OpenColorIO (OCIO) support, an Area Brush tool for painting…
November 14, 2019
VFX
Corona Renderer 5 for 3ds Max Optimises Memory, Caustics, Geometry
Corona Renderer 5 for 3ds Max Optimises Memory, Caustics, Geometry The 2.5 Displacement tool can render intense displacement faster with less memory. Corona Renderer 5 for 3ds Max has major updates for scenes containing heavy displacement and caustics. Also…
November 10, 2019
VFX
Mari 4.6 Adds Geo-Channels and Procedural Nodes for Texture Workflows
Mari 4.6 Adds Geo-Channels and Procedural Nodes for Texture Workflows 3Delight Surface Shader for Mari 4.6 Foundry Mari 4.6 includes new developments in the software’s Material System, and Geo-Channels that can be integrated into material presets as a way to…
November 07, 2019
VFX
DNEG Welcomes VFX Supervisor Edwin Rivera to Los Angeles Line-up
DNEG Welcomes VFX Supervisor Edwin Rivera to Los Angeles Line-up DNEG visual effects, animation and stereo conversion company has appointed Edwin Rivera to its senior creative team. Edwin Rivera joins DNEG as VFX Supervisor in Los Angeles, bringing with him…
October 31, 2019
VFX
Gradient Effects Turns Back Time for John Goodman in ‘Righteous Gemstones’
Gradient Effects Turns Back Time for John Goodman in ‘Righteous Gemstones’ Gradient Effects took 30 years from the looks of actor John Goodman for HBO’s original series ‘The Righteous Gemstones’, using a proprietary AI-assisted tool that they used to deliver…
October 25, 2019
VFX
Framestore Hires Manne Öhrström as Global Head of Film Software
Framestore Hires Manne Öhrström as Global Head of Film Software Framestore is pleased to welcome Manne Öhrström as its new Global Head of Film Software. The new role will see Manne refining current software development practises, while also integrating…
October 25, 2019
VFX
Notch Adds Path Tracing for Near Photo-Realistic Renders in Motion Graphics
Notch Adds Path Tracing for Near Photo-Realistic Renders in Motion Graphics Notch engine for interactive motion graphics now has a new version of the Notch Builder authoring tool, adding full path tracing functionality to the software. The update expands on…
October 11, 2019
VFX
Luma Pictures Scales Up with AWS Cloud-based VFX Pipelines
Luma Pictures Scales Up with AWS Cloud-based VFX Pipelines The visual effects work of Luma Pictures contributes to feature films ranging from superhero blockbusters to children’s fantasy to sci-fi thrillers, including recent films like ‘Once Upon a Time in…
October 10, 2019
VFX
Mocha Pro 2020 Refines Planar Tracking Tools and VFX Colour-Management
Mocha Pro 2020 adds OpenColorIO support for colour-managed workflows, plus new tools for stitching panorama effects plates from video and using brush strokes to define tracking areas.
September 30, 2019
VFX
Foundry Nuke 12.0 Adds GPU-Accelerated Nodes, Increases Interactivity
Foundry Nuke 12.0 Adds GPU-Accelerated Nodes, Increases Interactivity Nuke timeline-based tools - Nuke Studio, Hiero and HieroPlayer - have a better playback engine, rebuilt with new timing and control logic. Foundry Nuke 12.0 starts the next development…
September 10, 2019
VFX
Katana 3.2 Updates Material Creation UX, 3Delight Rendering and USD
Katana 3.2 Updates Material Creation UX, 3Delight Rendering and USD Updated user interface for the material node graph. Foundry Katana’s new version 3.2 has an updated user interface for the material node graph with faster workflows. The 3Delight NSI…
August 28, 2019
VFX
Alienbrain 2019 Integrates with Unreal Editor for Preview and Versioning
Alienbrain 2019 Integrates with Unreal Editor for Preview and Versioning Alienbrain 2019 is the most recent iteration of the version control software for art, design and engineering teams that need to manage large quantities of 2D and 3D files. It now has an…
August 18, 2019
VFX
Foundry CEO Jody Madden Talks about Cloud, Machine Learning and Open Source
Foundry CEO Jody Madden Talks about Cloud, Machine Learning and Open Source The SmartROTO project is developing intelligent tools for rotoscoping of live action footage. In mid-July 2019, Jody Madden was appointed Chief Executive Officer at Foundry. Working…
