Amazon has released Lumberyard 1.24, the latest beta of the game engine and development environment. Most of the new features are more relevant to programmers than game artists, but there are a number of updates to Lumberyard’s new PhysX-based physics system. Multithreaded PhysX physics with support for CryDesigner objects Work on moving Lumberyard’s legacy physics[…..] […]
Originally posted on 11 November 2019. Adobe has released Character Animator 3.0, the latest update to its software for generating real-time puppet-style animation from reference video footage of a live actor. The release adds support for keyframing animations, a new system of scene cameras, triggerable audio clips, and the option to generate motion lines behind[…..] […]
Originally posted on 5 November 2019. Next Limit has released Maxwell 5.0, the next major update to its physically based spectral renderer, adding multi-GPU support, integrated cloud rendering, and a V-Ray scene importer. The release also updates the user interface to display better on modern Hi-DPI displays. The release is the first significant update to[…..] […]
We’re pleased to announce that Unreal Engine 4.25 is now available for download, with a host of new and enhanced features for industries across the board. For game developers, this is the first release with initial support for Sony’s PlayStation 5 and Microsoft’s Xbox Series X as first-class platforms, and throughout the year we will[…..] […]
AMD Radeon™ ProRender is a powerful physically-based rendering engine that enables creative professionals to produce stunningly photorealistic images. Built on highly efficient, high-performance Radeon™ Rays technology, Radeon ProRender’s complete, scalable ray tracing engine uses open industry standards to harness GPU and CPU performance for swift, impressive results. This Radeon ProRender plug-in for Blender™ is a[…..] […]
We’re fortunate to have a community which keeps working with us to improve RizomUV. As well as algorithm improvements, here are the new features implemented since the Winter release from November 2019: TEXEL DENSITY WORKFLOW OVERHAUL We have made using Texel Density (TD) in RizomUV significantly easier by tweaking the UI and how it works.[…..] […]
— AMD Radeon™ Pro VII delivers up to 26 percent higher performance in Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve than the competition1, and is optimized to power demanding broadcast workloads, complex CAE simulations and HPC application development — — New AMD Radeon™ Pro Software for Enterprise delivers enhanced performance for current-generation AMD Radeon™ Pro graphics cards; New[…..] […]
New seismic data used to create 3D imagery that ‘visualises the impossible’. Moonraker, an award-winning visual effects studio based in Bristol, has collaborated with Blink Films for the new National Geographic series, X-Ray Earth. The three-part series looks deep inside the earth at the origins of volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis, and how their movements underground[…..] […]
When we discuss colour in filmmaking, we’re usually interested being – well – correct. But we might also talk about the steel blue of night, an amber sunset, or the greenish tinge that comes from mid-century industrial lighting, or just from being stuck inside your own head in Paris. Technically, all those things should look[…..] […]
Quibi came along at just the right time. Never mind that it was founded by media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and boasts eBay and HP’s Meg Whitman as CEO. Perhaps in some other world it might have been just another mobile device content provider. But in a time of lockdown with greater need for diverting entertainment,[…..] […]
