4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (924+ words) Blackmagic Design has updated DaVinci Resolve, its free colour grading, editing and post-production software, and DaVinci Resolve Studio, its $295 commercial edition. Despite being a free update, DaVinci Resolve 21.1 is a significant release, with over 100 new tools, including a MCP server…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (429+ words) The Gnomon Workshop has released Introduction to Compositing in Nuke, a complete introductory guide to the software, recorded by freelance Compositor Tommaso Lunardi. The workshop provides two hours of video training in Nuke. A complete introduction to Nuke for students…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (531+ words) 3D artist Milad Kambari has released Smart Remesh, a promising Blender retopology add-on for a range of users, from games artists, to hard-surface modelers, to character artists. The tool, which has separate modes for organic and hard-surface models, promises a context-aware…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (782+ words) Foundry has released Nuke 17.1, the latest update to its family of compositing apps. Nuke itself gets updates to 3D Gaussian Splatting and USD workflows, including support for animated splats, the option to relight splats, and Hydra 2.0 support in the 3D viewer. Nuke…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (807+ words) Most of us have been in the position of negotiating a salary, and having no idea what figure to give your potential employer. Go too low, and you end up being paid less than colleagues doing the same work; too…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (442+ words) The Gnomon Workshop has released Tracking & Compositing VFX for Film & TV, a guide to essential visual effects workflows, recorded by freelance Compositor Zachary Goodson. The workshop provides over three hours of video training in Nuke and SynthEyes. Master professinal tracking…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (612+ words) Marmoset has released Toolbag 5.03, the latest version of its real-time rendering and look dev software for games, VFX and general portfolio work. It’s another sizeable free update, adding new Text and Scatter Layers, support for IES light profiles and physical…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (527+ words) Gizmify Studios – aka developer Sergey Berengard – has released MediaPlane 2.0, the latest version of its video reference add-on for Maya. The software enables animators and layout artists to bring filmed video references directly into Maya, without the need to export an…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (807+ words) Volinga has released Volinga Plugin Pro, a new edition of its plugin integrating 3D Gaussian Splatting workflows into Unreal Engine. The Pro edition makes it possible to relight 3DGS objects inside Unreal Engine, with accurate cast shadows; and supports HDR workflows, and…...