Events
Epic has announced it is to host an online conference for virtual production using Unreal on November 10 starting at 9 AM PST. Find out more on the event's website.
Breakdowns
Framestore has released a breakdown for its VFX work on The Secret Garden. Watch it on YouTube.
Software
Gravity Sketch has released a new trailer for its VR design tool. Watch it on YouTube.
Tech & Research
Disney Research has released a paper and accompanying video of a system for lifelike gaze in human-robot interactions using a humanoid animatronic bust. (more...)
Reels
Chaos Group has announced the release of a new showreel for V-Ray. Watch it on YouTube.
Software
Foundry has announced the release of Katana, its look development and lighting software. New features include a new artist focused lighting mode that combines several new workflows with the aim of giving artists a more similar approach to that of a live-action cinematographer. The mode supports the creation and editing of lights directly on top of a rendered image in Katana’s viewer with gestures. (more...)
Breakdowns
Pixomondo has released a breakdown reel of their VFX work for season 1 of Raised by Wolves. Watch it on YouTube.
Tech & Research
Take a look at cutting edge developments in 3D and 2D graphics in the latest technical paper preview from this year's SIGGRAPH Asia 2020. Watch it on YouTube.
Renderers
Autodesk has announced the release of Arnold 6.1. New features include a new post-processing framework, support for nested dielectrics, significant improvement to progressive and adaptive sampling, on-demand texture loading on GPU, and several more enhancements and fixes. Find out more on the Area blog.
Software
Autodesk announced the released of Flame 2021.2. The update adds a new object-based keyer that identifies and provides a matte for the most obvious object in a bounding box. The update also adds speed and usability improvements, a new in-context node search tool and media format updates.
Flame’s Salient keyer uses object recognition machine learning technology to identify and provide a matte for the most obvious or ‘salient’ object in a bounding box. The bounding box can be animated, and reframing will produce high-quality results for objects that can be recognized. Find out more in the documentation.
