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Makuta VFX’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion reel

Makuta VFX has released a sample reel of VFX completed for the Indian film Baahubali 2: The Conclusion as well as a breakdown for the 2016 film Nagabharanam.

| Posted Fri Nov 24, 2017

Software

Verge3D released

Soft8Soft has released Verge3D, a new tool for authoring interactive web-based 3D content using WebGL and Three.js libraries. (more...)

Comments (1) | Posted Fri Nov 24, 2017

News

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2017 CG sales

A number of companies will be offering discounts during this year’s Black Friday (November 24) and Cyber Monday (November 27) sales. Details are already starting to be released and so, as we do every year, we're collecting a list for our readers. (more...)

Comments (12) | Posted Fri Nov 24, 2017 | source: Zb-Vision, Thomas Suurland, Matt Griffey, Igor Posavec

Resources

ActionVFX releases 3 new collections: Explosions Vol 2, Aerial Explosions and Dust Waves Vol.2

Action VFX, the stock footage website dedicated to VFX artists, has released 3 new collections of explosions. Aerial Explosions, Explosions Vol 2 and Dust Waves Vol.2 are available in either pre-keyed 3K or 5K resolution as well us the original unkeyed 5k footage. Find out more on the ActionVFX blog.

| Posted Thu Nov 23, 2017

Software

Substance Painter 2017.4 released

Allegorithmic has announced their Autumn release of Substance Painter. Version 2017.4 introduces a new layer instancing features that enables users to share the content of one of more layers across multiple texture sets. This makes it possible to make changes to a material and have all the texture sets update automatically. It is possible to share either the full layer stack or only specific layers and folders. (more...)

| Posted Thu Nov 23, 2017

Plugin News

Anima 3 released bringing integration with Unreal Engine

AXYZ Design has released a new version of Anima, its artist-friendly crowd animation software. Anima's workflow involves creating simulations in a standalone application and then exporting the results to DCC applications via a plugin. Until recently support was available for 3DS Max and Cinema 4D, but version 3 introduces a brand new plugin to integrate Anima into Unreal, making it possible to import crowd simulations into Epic's popular real-time engine. (more...)

| Posted Thu Nov 23, 2017