Comets Don’t Care
Attempting to prevent the use of AI in the workplace is a Quixotic effort.
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Foundry Releases Katana 6.0
Release aligns with December updates of Nuke 14.0 and Mari 6.0 on software standards, including VFX Reference Platform 2022 and USD 22.05, while making it easier and more efficient for artists to use.
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A Creator’s Midjourney
Transmedia creator and ‘SUMMER ISLAND’ author Steve Coulson discusses AI-generated content and the disruptive future of entertainment.
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Foundry Releases Katana 5.0
Latest update focuses on artist collaboration and interoperability with render upgrades, workflow improvements, and support of render partners with a new render delegate ‘AVP.’
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Streaming into the South China Sea
Mainland China’s ban is Southeast Asia’s boon
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Foundry Releases Katana 4.0
Tech leader redefines scalable artist-focused look development and lighting with new version of its industry leading software.
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Adobe Releases Substance Alchemist Update
New features include a game changing AI-powered scan workflow tool that turns photographic data into usable material; recent updates to Substance Designer included Substance Engine V8 for improved workflow and performance.
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Mels Studios Launches Virtual Production Stage in Montreal
New facility, built in collaboration with Solotech, is powered by Unreal Engine, and will provide state-of-the-art resources for real-time, in-camera visual effects production.
OTOY Launches RNDR Enterprise Tier with Nvidia Tensor Core GPUs on Google Cloud
New technology pushes the boundary of GPU rendering and cloud computing, allowing artists to create high-end visual effects with fewer restraints.
Katana 4.0 Reveal Shows Major New Features Coming Fall 2020
At the recent Foundry Live event, the Katana team shared a sneak peek at their ground-breaking new lookdev and lighting software release slated for later this year.
Kite & Lightening Adapts to Lockdown with Remote Multi-Person Mocap
Using Xsens, iPhones and Unreal Engine, the animation and game studio has tailored their pipeline for safe, remote motion-capture production.
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Adobe Releases Substance Painter Update
New 3D paint tools optimize creative workflow allowing users to paint across UV Tiles, import UDIM images from existing sources and export easily to renderers or engines that supports UDIMs.
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VES Releases Revised ‘VES Handbook of Visual Effects’
Expanded 3rd Edition, hailed as the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and solutions on the market, is now available for pre-order.
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Foundry Releases Katana 3.6 with Powerful UI Updates
Advancements in 3Delight NSI 2.0 include powerful toon shading toolset, overhauled live rendering and new texturing tools.
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Maxon Announces Cinema 4D Subscription Release 22
Company’s first subscription-based option offers professional 3D software at a lower price.
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TurboSquid Launches Kraken Pro 3D Asset Management Platform
Using an AI sorting tool, the new software quickly processes thousands of models, generating categories, keywords and tags.
Unity Technologies Acquires ArtEngine Creator Artomatix
Irish software company’s AI-assisted software helps 3D artists accelerate and streamline creative workflows.
ftrack Acquires cineSync Developer Cospective
Acquisition of award-winning remote viewing tool should foster collaborative development of powerful new workflow solutions for the creative industries.
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Dynamixyz and Pixelgun Studios Introduce Scan-Based Facial Animation
New ‘Performer’ markerless facial animation software provides facial tracking trained directly from scans as well as a direct solve onto a Maya rig.
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Wacom Introduces Cintiq Pro 24-inch Pen Display
High-performance, mid-size display is built for creative and design applications including augmented and virtual reality.
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Animal Logic Open Sources USDMaya Plugin
Animal Logic has announced the open source release of its USDMaya plugin AL_USDMaya, which enables powerful and efficient authoring and editing of 3D graphics data using Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) in Autodesk’s Maya.˙
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PipelineFX Announces Release of Qube! 6.10
New features include an integrated Shotgun user interface, perpetual license keys, command line access to Microsoft Azure during the beta and Clarisse renderer support.
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