Richard Rosenman has announced the release of Particle Projection for Adobe After Effects, a new plugin for generating complex particle arrays projected through the use of a displacement layer. (more...)

A new version of UNIGINE, a real-time engine that emphasises features for engineering industries as well as entertainment, has been released with improved data streaming, cached shadows, a refactored editor and improved vegetation. Features in version 2.8 include:  (more...)

Pilgway has released a new 3D-Coat Applink Connection plugin for Blender 2.8 that simplifies the process of transferring assets between the two applications. (more...)

MPC has released a breakdown of its work on Dumbo including blue screen set extensions, shots related to character animation and work on the motion-base shoot during which animators created animation cycles that drove a motion base ridden by the actors who were then integrated with the CG version of Dumbo. Watch it on YouTube.

The Academy Software Foundation has announced that OpenEXR and OpenCue have been accepted as Academy Software Foundation projects alongside OpenVDB and OpenColorIO. (more...)

Matthew Merkovich has released a detailed 3 part video series looking at the auto-tracking features of SynthEyes. Watch them on Vimeo (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3). Also released is the first part of a new series that examines the theory and practice of supervised tracking in SynthEyes.

Robert Ramsay has released a low-cost app for designing game-ready hair strand texture maps that can be used to texture hair cards. According to the developer "it produces an RGB Masking system for Color Variation, Root Mask and Tip Mask. It also produces a Color Map, Normal Map, Depth Map, ID Map and Mask Map. You have control of waviness, tapering, scale, variation, colouring, spacing, thickness, length and number of strands in 8 possible sets". You can get software for $5  and read more about it on Artstation. 

Lightmap has released a new update to HDR Light Studio. The Tungsten release adds a new Composites feature that allows the user to group lights and then control the properties of the group, isolate and edit individual lights, mask lights, clone and move areas of the HDRI map, combine different regions of multiple HDRI maps, and Dissect and take control of light regions in existing HDRI maps. (more...)