FuseFX has released a reel for its VFX work on Veronica Mars. Watch it on YouTube.

There are a couple of recent entries on CGPress' jobs board. As a service to our readers, our jobs board is free. We will also periodically summarise the latest additions and share them on social media and in the main news feed.   (more...)

Hot Knife Digital Media is soon to release Voodoo, a new mobile app and companion Maxcript that allows the user to record their voice and facial data or communicate directly with a character inside 3DS Max. The app is just awaiting approval on the app store, in the meantime, you can find out more on the Hot Knife website and watch a tutorial on Vimeo. 

Samuel Arsenault-Brassard has released an open-source tool that automates the Octane baking process inside Unity. Watch a tutorial on YouTube or find out more and download it from GitHub.

WETA Digital has released a new breakdown reel for its work on Game of Thrones season 8. Watch it on YouTube.

Barcelona-based Diffuse Logic has announced a new render engine called Bella, available as a standalone app and plugin for Maya with new implementations promised in the future.  (more...)

CLO Virtual Fashion has released a preview of features in its upcoming release of Marvelous Designer 9. The video demonstrates new retopology and symmetry tools alongside new subdivision features. There's also GPU acceleration for improved performance during simulations. Watch the video on YouTube. 

Peregrine Labs has announced the latest release of Yeti, its Maya plugin for fur and feathers. New features in version 3.5 include Alembic support for both import and export, the move for internal texturing to the OpenImageIO standard, volumetric guides that promise to bring more intuitive results and better control and more. Learn about the new features on Peregrins Lab's website.