Check out neat AI-trained hand mocap tool HandCraft Pro
Animator Tal Minks' promising Maya plugin extracts hand animation from a standard webcam and bakes it to any five-fingered Maya character.
Monday, March 10th, 2025
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AMD launches FSR 4, AFMF 2.1 and RIS 2.0
Check out the new versions of AMD's AI-based image upscaling, sharpening and frame-generation tech, available via its GPU drivers.
Saturday, March 8th, 2025
D5 Render 2.10 adds real-time path tracing
Major update to Dimension 5's real-time visualization software adds experimental path tracing system. Check out the other new features.
Thursday, March 6th, 2025
Boris FX releases Optics 2025
Photoshop plugin and standalone app for applying cinematic looks to still images gets AI mask generation, Looks and new Particle Brushes.
Friday, January 31st, 2025
RE:Vision Effects launches Twixtor Standalone
GPU-accelerated, AI-powered video retiming tool can now be used without a host app, for under half the price of a regular plugin license.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
The Pixel Farm releases PFTrack 24.12.19
Update to the match-moving software 'completely overhauls' the scene-reconstruction toolset. Check out its new AI-powered features.
Monday, December 30th, 2024
Pixar releases RenderMan 26.3
Check out the new features in the production renderer, including tiled denoising, and support for the new versions of Maya and Houdini.
Thursday, December 19th, 2024
Nekki releases Cascadeur Mobile 1.2
New iPad and iPhone edition of Nekki's AI-assisted character animation software can now import and export data in FBX format.
Saturday, December 14th, 2024
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2024.3
Check out the new features in the AI-assisted animation software, including a ragdoll physics system, and a live link to Unreal Engine.
Friday, November 29th, 2024
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion Studio 19.1
Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 19.1
Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2024
Boris FX releases Continuum 2025
Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.
Friday, November 1st, 2024
Dimension 5 Techs releases D5 Render 2.9
GPU renderer and real-time visualization tool gets new terrain sculpting and phasing animation systems, plus 3D Gaussian Splatting.
Wednesday, October 30th, 2024