Thinknetic has released a tutorial demonstrating how to use Pulldownit to animate building destruction effects. Watch it on YouTube. 

RodeoFx has released a breakdown reel showcasing its work on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Watch it on YouTube.

Otoy has announced the release of Octane 2022 Preview and BrigadeBench. introduces a new Photon Tracer Kernel for 1000x faster caustics, Arnold Standard Surface support, 3x faster particles, and more. For the first time, this release also includes Brigade and BrigadeBench, a real-time path tracing engine. (more...)

Rizom-Lab has announced the release of RizomUV 2022. New features include a new  a customisable fitting and scaling toolset, together with nested groups, selection by distortion or texel density, and a several more features and improvements. Find out more on the RizomLab blog. 

Rebel Unit, a small creative boutique released a breakdown of their work on the Norwegian disaster film North Sea. (more...)

Pulze has announced the release of Render Manager 2, the latest version of its artist-friendly rendering management software for 3ds Max. Improvements include: (more...)

Adobe has announced updates to Substance Stager, Designer and Painter. (more...)

Enscape has announced the latest version of its renderer for Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Archicad, and Vectorworks. New features include dynamic asset placement, batch panorama, and panorama tours, access to over 250 new assets and materials, and higher-quality renderings and realism with ray-traced sun shadows in the real-time view. Find out more on the Enscape website.