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Firefly is coming to Omniverse
Check out the Summer 2023 updates to Nvidia's online design platform, plus plans to integrate Adobe's generative AI toolset.
Nvidia unveils RTX 4000, 4500 and 5000 GPUs
New Ada Generation workstation cards include the 'most powerful single-slot GPU on the planet'.
Unity Wētā Tools unveils Deep Compositing and Eddy 3.0
Unity VFX division's new Nuke add-ons will make Weta's in-house tools available to artists off-the-shelf.
Marmoset ships Toolbag 4.06
Now shipping: update to real-time rendering toolkit extends OpenUSD support, adds support for rendering EXR sequences.
Nvidia releases 2023.1 updates to Omniverse apps
Check out the new features in USD Composer 2023.1, USD Presenter 2023.1 and Audio2Face 2023.1.
Tutorial: Creating a Monolithic City in Unreal Engine 5
Create a large-scale city for VFX or cinematics work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.
AWS releases Deadline 10.3
Free renderfarm manager now supports Unreal Engine 5, including the Movie Render Queue for visual effects, animation and visualisation.
Check out Plasticity’s new Blender bridge
Popular lightweight NURBS modeller gets add-on live-linking it to the open-source 3D software.
Eye candy: SideFX’s 2023 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best motion graphics and VFX created in Houdini, then follow our links to technical breakdowns.
QuiltiX: a new open-source MaterialX material editor
Free node-based tool lets users author MaterialX materials for use in renderers like Arnold and Karma.
ASWF adopts OpenImageIO
Ubiquitous tech for reading and writing images becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.
Pixar and partners launch Alliance for OpenUSD
New industry body aims to make USD an international standard for more than just visual effects work.
Check out xStudio, DNEG’s open-source playback tool
Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.
Tutorial: Designing Environments for Games
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how to use Blender's Grease Pencil toolset to sketch concepts in 3D.
Unity ships Ziva Real-Time 2.0
New AI-based toolset generates real-time 3D characters that move with the accuracy of VFX rigs. Works with Maya, Unity, Unreal.
Adobe releases Photoshop 25.0
Latest beta build of the software adds new Generative Expand tool based on Adobe's Firefly AI toolset.
Thinkinetic ships Pulldownit 5.5 for 3ds Max and Maya
3ds Max edition now available: check out the new features in the shattering and dynamics plugin.
Rokoko announces Headrig
Slimline smartphone head mount for facial motion-capture work will cost just $195 and weigh just 240g. For both iOS and Android phones.
Create Complex Materials for Games in Substance Designer
Discover how to create industry-standard games materials with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Inkscape 1.3 ships
Open-source vector design tool gets new Shape Builder for creating complex forms, '2-4x' speed boosts on multi-core CPUs.
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