Autodesk has announced the release of Flame 2021.1. This release includes enhancements Explorer and other tools to speed up workflows, colour refinements in the Effects tab, new Compare functionalities, media format enhancements for Sony Raw and XOCN, as well as new supported formats, such as Avid Uncompressed. See a full list of what's new on the Flame blog.

HBO has released a featurette that looks at the use of Unreal Engine and LED screens as a replacement for blue/green screens in Season 3 of Westworld.  Watch it on YouTube.

Facebook Reality Labs has published “Holographic Optics for Thin and Lightweight Virtual Reality”, its latest research into making VR headsets less cumbersome and more suitable for everyday use.  (more...)

Topaz Labs has released the latest version of its "AI" powered tool for upscaling images by up to 6 times. (more...)

SIGGRAPH has published a free 9 part webinar series titled “Hands-on Workshop: Machine Learning and Neural Networks" by Rajesh Sharma of Walt Disney Animation Studios.. Watch it on YouTube.

Quixel has released a new 3 part tutorial walking through the process of creating a UE4 scene with Megascans assets. (more...)

Bottlesship VFX's Hristo Velev has published a tutorial explaining how to to set up Cryptomatte in V-Ray for Houdini for efficient control with instancing. Watch it on YouTube.