One of the most significant Katana releases to-date: Katana 4.0Katana release 4.0 Building on multiple developments which focused on UX, performance, and overall architecture in the Katana 3 series, Katana 4.0 introduces key features that empower artists to tackle the rising demands for complex, high-quality work on shorter schedules and tighter budgets. A cutting-edge lighting[…..] […]
Substance Alchemist is fast becoming the definitive scan processing resource. It provides you with the ability to create vast collections of materials, whether working from data provided by your own photos or other images, or by modifying existing 3D resources. It grants you essentially limitless power to digitize the world. This latest release of Substance[…..] […]
Intel’s Biggest Virtual Launch: Tiger Lake Unveiled Amid COVID-19 When Intel launches a major new chip, Gregory Bryant, executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing Group, is accustomed to hitting his mark on a tech industry event stage in Europe, Asia or the U.S. and looking out over a sea of faces.[…..] […]
NVIDIA’s RTX 30 series GPUs deliver the world’s fastest graphics, powered by 3rd generation Tensor Cores and 2nd generation RT Cores. Nsight Tools enable developers to get the most out of this powerful new hardware, visualizing the state of the GPU and making clear what steps can be taken to achieve peak performance. Here is[…..] […]
A lot of your favourite Netflix shows utilise great VFX, and now a desktop-as-service platform from the streaming titan allows creatives to collaborate on visual effects work. Announced on the Netflix tech blog is NetFX, which is described as “a cloud-based platform that will make it easier for vendors, artists and creators to connect and[…..] […]
AMD has unveiled the Radeon RX 6900 XT, the Radeon RX 6800 XT and the Radeon RX 6800: the first three GPUs in its new Radeon RX 6000 Series of gaming cards, based on its new RDNA 2 architecture. The firm is positioning the three ‘Big Navi’ cards, which are due to ship worldwide in[…..] […]
Updated Houdini 18.5 has been officially released. New features include: l A live bridge between Unity and Houdini vi session sync. l BSP brush support in Houdini Engine for Unreal, plus PDG, World Composition support and auto-streaming tiles. l A new services systems for faster task completion. l Comprehensive performance monitoring. l A Shotgun asset[…..] […]
What’s New: Earlier this year, Intel made desktop PCs even better with 10th Gen Intel® Core™ S-series processors, headlined by the Intel Core i9-10900K. In the first quarter of 2021, the 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors (code-named “Rocket Lake-S”) will bring even more performance to gamers and PC enthusiasts. Intelligently designed for desktop[…..] […]
Mercenaries Engineering has announced it is working on Rumba 1.0, a new standalone 3D animation tool that aims to modernise and speed up workflows. Some of the features include the ability to pose characters with selection-less manipulators on the geometry, dedicated fingers and hands manipulators, and transparent handling of IK/FK and FK/IK. Workflows include true[…..] […]
Adobe has released Fresco 2.0, the latest version of its digital drawing and painting tool, making the app compatible with current iPhones as well as iPads and Windows tablets. The update also adds support for text, new Smudge and Ribbon brushes, updates layer workflow, and adds new livestreaming, collaboration and version management tools. The new[…..] […]
