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Dexter Studios has released a breakdown reel for its work on Parasite. Watch it on Vimeo.

Federico Ventura and Michael Martin have released QuickLight 1.0, a new plugin for Maya that allows the user to quickly use 4 different parametric limbos and 48 different light studio presets. (more...)

Alexey Vanzhula has released a new update to Modeler,  his plugin package for direct modelling in Houdini. New features of version 2020.1 include an interactive tools system, mouse and keyboard shortcuts, radial menu toolsets, improvements to the UI, a faster modelling core, and more new modelling tools. See a demo of the new features on Vimeo and find out more about the plugin on Gumroad.

NDunes is a new 3D real-time platform that's designed for assembling large scale worlds. (more...)

JangaFX has announced that an EmberGen beta is now available. Embergen is a real-time volumetric fluid simulation tool that can simulate, render, and export flipbooks, image sequences, and VDB volumes. Find out more on JangaFX's website and watch a demo on YouTube.

Vine FX's has released a reel for its work on War of the Worlds. Watch it on Vimeo.

Epic has announced the release of Unreal Engine 4.25 adding initial support for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Also in this release also include improvements to the Unreal Insights standalone profiling application, new features for Niagara VFX and Chaos physics thanks to their development for Fortnite, a brand new media output pipeline for studios that are producing high-quality movies and stills for uses like cinematics, marketing materials, or linear entertainment. (more...)

3DS London is due to host it's 2nd online event this Wednesday featuring a number of well-known names from the CG Industry including presentations by Assembly Studios, Bottleship VFX, and ArteFactoryLAB . (more...)

Chaos Group Czech has released a sneak peek video for a new sky model coming soon to Corona Render. Watch it on YouTube and see a full list of what's expected for Corona Renderer 6 in the online roadmap.

Jérôme Oliveras has released Jop TailorToolkit, a collection of Houdini Digital Assets designed for tailoring animations. Vimeo  (more...)