Netflix has released a breakdown with the Duffer Brothers who discuss the demogorgon prison fight from season 4 and how it was created using digital and physical effects. Watch it on YouTube. 

According to an article in The Verge, Adobe will soon be rolling out a freemium version of its browser-based version Photoshop in the near future. Learn more on The Verge

Soft8Soft has released Verge3d 4 for Blender, 3ds Max and Maya, the latest version of its toolkit for creating 3D interactive web experiences. New features include: (more...)

MPC has released a VFX breakdown showing its work to digitally recreate Dr. Egon Spengler, who had been played by the late Harold Ramis, for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Watch it on YouTube. 

ESRI has released a short promo video of CityEngine being used to visualise Urban Design projects. The demo uses real-world context data from ArcGIS Online or Open Street Map and then procedurally populates the location before outputting it to a game engine. Watch it on YouTube. 

DNEG has announced that it is working on new open-source software for playback and review. Currently in development, XStudio will replace all other playback systems used in its studio and is slated to be released under an open-source license later in 2022. The main features include: (more...)

The Blender Foundation has announced the release of Blender 3.2. New features include: (more...)

Adobe has announced the release of Substance Painter 8.1. (more...)