Unreal
Unreal Engine 4.21 released
Epic has released Unreal Engine 4.21. New features include: (more...)
Unreal
Epic has released Unreal Engine 4.21. New features include: (more...)
Software
Epic Games has released a new version of Unreal Studio, it's suite of tools to simplify the importing of scenes from CAD and DCC applications. New features of version 4.21 include: (more...)
Software - 3DS Max
A new beta version has been released of the open source renderer aimed at animation and VFX. Version 2.0 includes several significant improvements to the core including improved subsurface scattering, NPR shaders, and new visualisation tools. The plugins see updates too with interactive rendering and AOVs in the Blender addon, volumetric rendering and denoising in the 3DS Max plugin and support for AOVs in Maya. For more information and to download visit GitHub, to find out more about the project you can visit the Appleseed website.
Game Trailers
RealtimeUK has released a making-of video for their CrossFire cinematic. Relatively unknown in the west, CrossFire is the most popular FPS game in the world with over 650 million registered players. You can read more about the production on RealtimeUK's website and watch the cinematic and the making-of on Vimeo.
Renderers
Chaos Group has announced the release of V-Ray for Unreal, enabling users to import V-Ray scenes from 3ds Max, Maya, Rhino and SketchUp into the Unreal Editor. The tool offers two workflows, either render directly inside Unreal using V-Ray and your original materials, or use the automatic conversion of lights and materials to view in real time. (more...)
Breakdowns
Mr. X has released a breakdown video for their crowd work on Vikings season 5 episode 10. Watch it on Vimeo.
Renderers
Vlado has uploaded a video demonstrating a nightly build of V-Ray with viewport IPR. According to Vlado "because of this feature we had to do a lot of work to get V-Ray IPR to be more responsive. There is still more to be done regarding geometry modifications, but camera/lights/materials should be quite quick". Watch it on YouTube.
Short Films
Utrecht-based Polder Animation has released Scrambled on Vimeo. The animated short film started life as a side project, it tells the story of a living Rubik’s cube that tries to get the attention of a commuter, who has missed her train, in an attempt to get solved. It has been on the festival circuit for the last year and a half where it won 14 awards. You can watch it on Vimeo and find out more on Polder Animation's website.
Maya
Thinkinetic has released Pulldownit 4.5 for Maya, the latest version of its shatter and destruction plugin. New features include: (more...)
Software
Act-3D has released the latest version of Lumion, its real-time platform aimed at the architectural visualisation industry. (more...)
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