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Renderers

Guerilla Render 2.0 released

Mercenaries Engineering has released a new version of Guerilla Render, a component of Guerilla - its solution for look development, scene assembly, lighting and rendering that also includes Guerilla Station. Version 2 add several significant features including: (more...)

| Posted Wed Dec 20, 2017

Software

Final Cut Pro X 10.4 released bringing 360° video editing

Apple has released a significant update to Final Cut Pro X. Version 10.4 now includes the ability to work with 360° footage, has new colour features including a new suite of controls and the ability to use custom LUTs, plus support for HDR content. HEVC support is added for all those clips shot on iPhones and iPads, and you can now send edits created using IMovie on your handheld devices to Final Cut Pro. You can read more about this release on Apple's website and there's an interesting discussion of Final Cut Pro's relevance in the editing landscape on FXGuide.

| Posted Wed Dec 20, 2017

Behind The Scenes

Body and facial capture for War for the Planet of the Apes

Weta visual effects supervisor Anders Langlands's fascinating presentation about the body and facial capture in War for the Planet of the Apes recorded at SIGGRAPH is now available to view online. This video is the first in the SIGGRAPH Now initiative that will share educational content from SIGGRAPH Conferences. Watch it on YouTube.

| Posted Wed Dec 20, 2017

Unity

Unity 2017.3 released

Unity Technologies has released Unity 2017.3, its final update for 2017. A long list of new features includes: (more...)

| Posted Wed Dec 20, 2017

Tutorials - 3DS Max

Allan McKay’s free Decay VFX course

Allan McKay has released a free 7 part, 10 hour VFX training course that demonstrates how to add effects to footage to create a face melting effect. The course includes a wide range of topics including 3DS Max 2018's new fluids system, and is a taster for a larger commercial series that also covers character related effects, fluids, vehicles, crowds, environments and more. Footage, HDRIs and other assets are included but the training is only available until January 12. Find out more on Allan McKay's website.

Comments (2) | Posted Tue Dec 19, 2017

Renderers

OctaneRender for Unity released

Unity Technologies has announced that Otoy's GPU powered OctanceRender is now available for Unity. This integration enables users to create pre-rendered content using OctaneRender Recorder by outputting animations, sequences and stills created using Unity's timeline, cinemachine and play mode. (more...)

Comments (3) | Posted Fri Dec 15, 2017

Software - 3DS Max

V-Ray Next preview and beta announced

Previews of the what's to come for Chaos Group's popular renderer V-Ray and a new beta has been announced. Codenamed V-Ray Next, new features outlined so far include: (more...)

Comments (47) | Posted Thu Dec 14, 2017

Software - 3DS Max

Stingray end of sale announced

Autodesk has announced that Stingray will no longer be sold as a separate product. From January 8, 2018, users will be unable to renew or purchase new licenses, though functionality will continue to be included in 3DS Max and Maya LT. Despite this assurance, Stingray's future is uncertain. According to Autodesk's FAQ on the subject "For now, Stingray will continue to be included with Maya LT but will no longer be developed". Max Interactive will also continue to be included with 3DS Max, but it is not spelled out explicitly whether development will also cease. (more...)

Comments (48) | Posted Thu Dec 14, 2017 | source: Stig Atle Steffensen