Realtime
Epic’s digital human technology demos
More news from Epic who have released two technology previews focused on real-time representations of motion-captured digital humans. (more...)
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Thu Mar 22, 2018
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Realtime
Epic demonstrates real-time ray tracing in Unreal Engine
Epic Games has shown a demo of real-time ray-tracing in Unreal Engine using Microsoft’s new DXR framework and NVIDIA RTX technology for Volta GPUs. The demo was recorded running on an NVIDIA DGX Station which has four Tesla V100 GPUs. In the Star Wars themed demo, lighting is moved interactively as ray-traced shadows and photorealistic reflections render in real time. Watch it on Youtube and read more on Epic's blog.
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Thu Mar 22, 2018
Software - 3DS Max
OSL for artists
Changsoo Eun has posted a nice explanation of how OSL can benefit users who don't know, need or want to write OSL code. He explains how just a handful of Max 2019's included OSL maps can be used to randomise nearly any aspect of a shader, as well as looking at the new noise maps and patterns. Read it on CG Animator.
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Thu Mar 22, 2018
Software
Flowbox 1.6 released
Flowbox has announced a new version of its node-based rotoscoping software. Version 1.6 introduces F-spline curves which enabled the ability to combine beziers & X-splines in additional to several new time-saving and performance improvements, including:
- F-Splines - new shape representation for ultimate flexibility: combine unique powers of Beziers and X-Splines in a single curve.
- Hard Edge Checker - will save the day when dealing with motion blur.
- Pause Viewer - you can now freeze a selected Viewer to achieve real-time playback when using multiple Viewers.
- Crop - now you can crop your 4K plate to save memory and keep the best performance
- Corner Pin Import - easily import Corner Pin from Mocha or Nuke
- Render to separate channels - split your roto into separate channels to save on rendering time.
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Wed Mar 21, 2018
Software - 3DS Max
3DS Max 2019 released introducing OSL Shader support, new shape booleans and more
Updated 21 May 2018
Autodesk has officially announced the release of 3DS Max 2019 which should be available to download on 22 March 2018. In addition to new features including OSL integration, a new procedural wood material and spline booleans, for the first time, Autodesk worked closely with 3rd party developers to ensure that many popular plugins are compatible upon release. You can see the full list of developers who will have compatible plugins ready for Max 2019 on Autodesk Area. (more...)
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Wed Mar 21, 2018
Unity
Unity announces its 2018 roadmap
Unity Technologies has outlined their roadmap for 2018 during a keynote at GDC. In a nearly two hour video and a lengthy accompanying document Unity's roadmap is divided into several areas that include rendering, machine learning, performance improvements, platform announcements, a couple of competitions and improvements for making the platform more efficient and smaller for use on portable devices. To get a thorough overview, check out the announcements on Unity's blog or watch the keynote on YouTube.
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Tue Mar 20, 2018
Renderers
Octane 4 experimental release now available
Otoy has announced that a preview release of Octane 4 is now available for users with a V3 license. The new release sees several "AI" features designed to significantly speed up renders.
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Tue Mar 20, 2018
Resources
Epic release assets from Paragon free of charge
Epic is releasing over 1500 assets from it's soon to be discontinued game Paragon free to the community. The assets include 20 high-quality characters plus over 1500 environment components. More content is planned for release later this year. Read more on the Unreal blog and see a short video preview on Youtube.
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Tue Mar 20, 2018
