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Master hair grooming in Maya’s XGen toolset

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:00:33 GMT

Discover an efficient workflow for creating stylized grooms in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

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Richard Rosenman releases DOF PRO for After Effects

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 05:30:34 GMT

New After Effects edition brings the popular Photoshop motion blur tool to VFX and motion graphics work.

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Rookies 2020 rankings reveal world’s best CG schools

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:47:59 GMT

Gnomon places best overall and best for VFX. See the winners for animation and game design here.

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See Adobe’s physics-aware layout system Physics Whiz

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 10:09:12 GMT

New R&D tech could help users of apps like Adobe Dimension lay out 3D scenes in real time with realistic gravity and collisions.

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Blender Foundation joins Khronos Group

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 08:38:14 GMT

Developer can now influence development of key graphics standards used in Blender like OpenCL, OpenXR.

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Learn how to animate a combat finishing move

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:00:17 GMT

Master real-world games animation workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's new Maya tutorial.

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Adobe ships Fresco 2.0

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:00:48 GMT

Digital painting app 'reimagined' for iPhone as well as iPad. New text system, smudge brushes and in-app collaboration features, too.

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Adobe ships Photoshop 22.0

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:32:17 GMT

See Photoshop's new AI-based tools: automated sky replacement, Content-Aware Tracing, and eight eye-catching new 'Neural Filters.

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Adobe ships After Effects 17.5

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:25:34 GMT

Compositing app gets much-anticipated AI-driven Roto Brush 2.0 tool, plus motion-graphics-focused new 3D Design Space.

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D5 Render 1.7 ships

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 04:30:07 GMT

Check out the new features in Dimension 5's RTX-accelerated GPU renderer. Now available for Blender as well as for 3ds Max.

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Glassbox Technologies ships DragonFly 2.0

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 11:54:55 GMT

See what's new in the virtual camera system for Maya, Unity and UE4 and in its iOS companion app.

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Krita Foundation ships Krita 4.4

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 10:00:47 GMT

Open-source painting software gets scriptable fill layers, support for dynamic colour gradients, and improved MyPaint colour picker.

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RandomControl updates Maverick Indie and Studio

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:30:19 GMT

Both GPU renderers get native support for PSD files. Studio users also get new Render Sets system.

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Snappers unveils Snappers Wrinkles Designer

Fri, 16 Oct 2020 09:01:18 GMT

Crazy new Maya toolset will let you design wrinkles for 3D characters interactively and export to UE4.

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[Free] 3d-io ships Exr-IO 2.04 for Photoshop

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:30:11 GMT

Free plugin for editing multi-layer EXR files gets automated layer grouping to keep files organised.

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Lenovo releases ‘world’s first Threadripper Pro workstation’

Thu, 15 Oct 2020 06:00:06 GMT

Now shipping: see the prices and specs for the Lenovo P620 and AMD's Threadripper Pro CPUs.

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J Cube unveils new standalone USD editing tool MUSE

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 09:22:22 GMT

Neat work-in-progress tool offers a 'fast, non-destructive' way to modify USD assets outside DCC apps.

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Get Quixel’s free Megascans plugin for Unreal Engine

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 07:12:45 GMT

Version 6.3 of the free plugin adds neat new vertex blend material, better LOD export for 3D plants.

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Adobe ships Substance Designer 2020.2

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 06:00:44 GMT

Material authoring software now updated to Substance Engine 8. Check out the new tools it brings.

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Nuke and Unreal Engine win 2020 tech Emmy Awards

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:59:53 GMT

Compositing app and virtual-set-powering game engine honored for their impact on the TV industry.

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