Katana 5.0 released with a focus on artist collaboration and interoperability Discover Katana 5.0 with cutting-edge features like Katana<>Nuke interop, render upgrades, USD and more Katana 5.0 released with a focus on artist collaboration and interoperability We’re delighted to announce the release of Katana 5.0, featuring Katana and Nuke interoperability, render upgrades like Foresight+, USD[…..] […]
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Maxon Announces an Agreement to Acquire the Assets of Pixologic
Maxon Announces an Agreement to Acquire the Assets of Pixologic, Makers of Zbrush Maxon has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Pixologic, the creators of the Academy Award-winning sculpting and painting software ZBrush. Acquisition Brings Industry-Leading 3D Sculpting and Painting Expertise to Maxon Dec. 14, Maxon, developer of[…..] […]
Film School Adopts NVIDIA RTX to Deliver Real-World Production Experience for Students
Vancouver Film School provides students with Quadro RTX-powered Dell Precision 5820 Workstations to help prepare them for careers in media and entertainment. From animated shorts and video games to feature-length films, students at the Vancouver Film School create over 900 productions a year. This immersion into real-world production is a big reason why VFS is[…..] […]
Intel Launches Integrated Photonics Research Center
Collaborative, multiple university center brings together world-renowned photonics and circuits researchers to pave the way for the next decade of compute interconnect. Intel Labs recently opened the Intel® Research Center for Integrated Photonics for Data Center Interconnects. The center’s mission is to accelerate optical input/output (I/O) technology innovation in performance scaling and integration with a[…..] […]
Nuke 13.1 released
This artist-focused update introduces a suite of user experience and workflow improvements designed to enhance artist productivity and accelerate the creative process for both artists and teams. Foundry has announced the release of Nuke 13.1 with a focus on improving user experience, timeline improvements and streamlining workflows. New features also include a new UnrealReader node[…..] […]
Autodesk Acquiring LoUPE Cloud-Based Animation Pipeline Tech from Tangent Labs
Autodesk, maker of Maya software, has announced the acquisition of Loupe, a cloud-based production pipeline technology for artists and studios. Loupe was launched publicly last year. It integrates all aspects of cg production into one package, from asset and project management to render management, while reducing the need for elaborate on-site infrastructure. It is compatible[…..] […]
NVIDIA to Build Earth-2 Supercomputer to See Our Future
The earth is warming. The past seven years are on track to be the seven warmest on record. The emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are responsible for approximately 1.1°C of average warming since the period 1850-1900. The earth experience extreme weather — historic droughts, unprecedented heatwaves, intense hurricanes, violent storms and catastrophic floods.[…..] […]
Improved Ivy generator results in Blender 2.8
Antoine Bagattini has released a free ivy generator add-on for Blender. It’s based on the wonderful code by Thomas Luft and his original IvyGen program. The tool, using the new geometry nodes in Blender 3.0 as a base, automatically generates 3D ivy to cover any provided mesh.The Add Default Ivy operator will use the default[…..] […]
Nvidia Presents Its Vision Of The Metaverse
At its annual GPU Technology Conference, the chip giant fleshed out the future of its Omniverse platform, which lets users develop 3d worlds and collaborate within them. The company is pitching the software as a fundamental building block in the metaverse, the concept of an interconnected virtual realm touted by the likes of Microsoft and[…..] […]
CINESITE DELIVERS VISUAL EFFECTS FOR NO TIME TO DIE
Cinesite reunites with the Bond film series for the 9th time, contributing digital environments to enhance physical stunts and support story. Cinesite has announced its delivery of several visual effects sequences for No Time To Die, the twenty-fifth instalment in the James Bond film series. This is the 9th film in the James Bond film[…..] […]