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World Machine ‘Dragontail Peak’ now runs on macOS and Linux
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (1041+ words) World Machine Software has begun its ‘Dragontail Peak’ series of releases for World Machine: the latest major version of the terrain-generation software for games and VFX work. The first build, World Machine 4059, introduced ‘true 3D terrain’ – terrain based on Vector Displacement…...
Chaos releases V-Ray 7.4 for Blender
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (730+ words) Chaos has released V-Ray 7.4 for Blender (V-Ray for Blender, Update 4), the latest update to the new version of the renderer for Blender. New features include a Quick Sun Caustics system for adding fast-rendering caustic lighting effects to scenes, and an…...
SideFX just released Houdini 22
1+ week, 2+ day ago (679+ words) A recording of SideFX’s Houdini 22 keynote, showcasing the latest features in the 3D software, including a new Gaussian Splatting toolset, and big updates to KineFX and Copernicus. SideFX has released Houdini 22, the next major version of its procedural 3D software for VFX,…...
Polygonflow releases Dash 1.12
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1736+ words) Polygonflow has updated Dash, its world building toolset for Unreal Engine 5. Dash 1.7 adds a new vines tool for growing vegetation procedurally across any 3D model, a new Blend material and an instant color grading system. Dash 1.8 adds Dash Board, a new…...
JangaFX just made effects tool VectorayGen available free
3+ week, 4+ day ago (676+ words) The original 2018 demo video for VectorayGen. JangaFX has just made the software, which generates 3D vector fields to control particle simulations, available for free. Real-time effects tools developer JangaFX has made its very first application, vector field generator VectorayGen, available to…...
AMD’s FSR SDK 2.3 makes FSR 4.1 upscaling work on older GPUs
3+ week, 5+ day ago (568+ words) AMD has released FSR SDK 2.3, the latest version of its SDK for games and CG tools developers looking to integrate its AI rendering technologies into their software. The update makes FSR 4.1, the latest version of AMD’s upscaling technology, available for…...
Epic Games releases RealityScan 2.2 with AMD GPU support
1+ mon, 6+ hour ago (727+ words) The update introduces support for GPU acceleration on AMD GPUs – both consumer and workstation cards – with users able to mix both AMD and NVIDIA GPUs in a single machine. The software includes features aimed at aerial surveying and urban planning,…...
New motion graphics tool Caddis puts a node graph in every layer
1+ mon, 7+ hour ago (876+ words) Motion designer Mike Gaynor has unveiled Caddis, an interesting new compositing and motion graphics tool that combines node-based and layer-based workflows. The GPU-accelerated tool makes it possible to create effects using a standard After Effects-style timeline, with the “procedural power…...
Unreal Engine 5.8 is here: see its 5 key features for CG artists
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1055+ words) Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.8, the latest version of the game engine, also now widely used for offline animation, visual effects and visualization work. Although Epic describes the focus of the release as “performance advancements”, it’s still a huge…...
V-Ray for Blender Update 3 now runs on Linux
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (752+ words) Chaos has released V-Ray for Blender, Update 3 (V-Ray 7.30.20 for Blender), the latest update to the new version of its ray tracing renderer for Blender. The release makes the software available for Linux as well as Windows and macOS, adds support…...