The new version 5 release of Katana from Foundry includes Hydra Render Delegate support and other render upgrades like Foresight+, interoperability between Katana and Nuke, and improvements to USD and Look Development workflows. Katana 5.0 connects Nuke with Katana. Using Nuke bridge, look development and lighting artists can now stream live renders to a running[…..] […]
The Blender project has come very far, yet this is only the beginning of a new era of content creation. To celebrate the release of Blender 3.0, here are 23 stories that show how Blender is used and enjoyed by the community. This year, there are lots of big companies joined the Blender Foundation. Last[…..] […]
From beloved brand reboots to big deals for ZAG’s Miraculous Buyers have been all over rebooted, refreshed and reinvigorated brands this year—and it turns out that Kidscreen’s readers are equally interested. News about popular IPs being adapted, acquired or licensed for consumer products attracted the most views this year, as we look back at some[…..] […]
The merger of Discovery and WarnerMedia has cleared another regulatory obstacle after the European Commission (EC) has granted unconditional antitrust clearance to Discovery’s $43 billion acquisition of AT&T’s WarnerMedia. AT&T will receive around US$43bn in a combination of cash, debt securities and WarnerMedia’s retention of certain debt. Meanwhile, AT&T shareholders will receive a 71% stake[…..] […]
Chaos has announced that V-Ray for Modo is discontinued from December 20, 2021. Chaos said “some products eventually reach their natural end of life”. This date marks the end of sales, technical support and downloads for existing license owners will continue for a further year until December 31, 2022. First released in 2016, V-Ray for[…..] […]
Update: The Legion Timewalking Event is coming to an end on maintenance, and will join the regular weekly event schedule, returning in 2022 and beyond. While the Event is active，there will be something new: Caretaker Kah’toll in Oribos has a quest for you. You can also start the quest from within the Adventure Guide (Shift-J).[…..] […]
Disney Animation’s Success Is Tied To Pixar Acquisition, Says Bob Iger On His Way Out Of Disney Bob Iger will have left Disney for good and ready to devote his time to book writing, investing, sailing, and whatever else might occupy the rest of his career. Though he hasn’t signed the contract or started writing.[…..] […]
The Russian Film Festival (RFF), organized by ROSKINO with support from the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation since 2020, has shown impressive performance, with the total number of viewers exceeding 1 mln in 23 countries. In 2020, RFF became the first Russian online project targeting wide international audiences. The festival was successfully held[…..] […]
Fortnite is back online after being taken offline for several hours due to server issues last Thursday. Epic doesn’t share an explanation for the outage and the official Fortnite Status Twitter account confirmed the fix and also promised a make-good of sorts to compensate players for the time spent offline. More details on what that[…..] […]
Major Russian distributor Central Partnership (a part of Gazprom-Media) debuts the trailer for First Oscar by Sergey Mokritskiy (Battle for Sevastopol), a new WWII drama set to premiere on March 24, 2022. The title is produced by Natalia Mokritskaya (Jumpman, Zoology, Battle for Sevastopol, Corrections Class, Playing the Victim). The movie is inspired by the[…..] […]
