Keen Tools has released FaceBuilder, a plugin for Nuke designed to very quickly create and texture a 3D model of a human head based on photographs. This is not a photogrammetry solution, FaceBuilder's workflow relies on the user aligning anatomical landmarks on a 3D model to photographs, aligning and deforming a base mesh in the process. FaceBuilder is currently available in beta as part of the Keen Tools plugin suite that also includes GeoTracker, their model-based object and camera tracking plugin, as well as PinTool and a beta of ReadRiggedGeo. The suite costs $149 and a 15 day trial is available along with more information from Keen Tools' website.

Folks VFX has posted a breakdown of the escape scene from the pilot episode of Marvel's Legion. Watch it on Vimeo.

Flaunt Productions has released a new showreel, showcasing its stylish character work for games, advertising and broadcast media. Watch it on Vimeo.

New features in Basefount Technology's crowd simulation software for Maya include: (more...)

Redshift has released a benchmark utility for its Nvidia CUDA compatible GPU renderer. Currently only available in recent alpha builds, the tool works with 3DS Max, Houdini and Cinema 4D. As with most benchmarking tools, a standardised scene is used to enable users to compare systems, but it is also possible to use custom scenes by exporting them to the Redshift Proxy format. You can read more about this announcement and see benchmark results on Redshift's Forum (login is required).

New features in Ambiera's software for creating interactive 3D apps and games from your 3D models without programming include: (more...)

You Can Do It! VFX has announced the release of Offline Render 1.8, a realtime capture tool for Unity that allows you to save the game view to sequential multi-channel openEXR or PNG files. This release adds support for the Post Processing Stack and Unity 5.6.1 and 2017. Other features include: (more...)

David Lewandowski has released his latest short film, Time For Sushi. Watch it on YouTube.