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Arqui9 has released a new tutorial explaining how to integrate 2D background and images into 3D renders in order to [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2FEC4hv

The Mill FX Artist Tighe Rzankowski has released Feather Tools, a new commercial plugin for Houdini that can be used to [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2YfHVRC

Cebas Visual Technology has announced the release of Thinking Particles subscription Drop 8 which adds 35 new OpenVDB operators. The [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2FDQ0Z8

Mir Vadim has released Rayfire for Unity. his popular destruction kit plugin for 3DS Max. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2XeoWdM

Back in 2012 we announced that Tandent Vision Science had released Lightbrush, a tool designed to separate a photo into illumination and [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2JfZ2w6

NVIDIA has announced that researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have “developed an end-to-end deep learning algorithm [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2xi3uoI

Giljoo Nam, Chenglei Wu, Min H. Kim, Yaser Sheikh have presented a paper at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2J8TGCP

iToo Software has released a new introductory tutorial to help new users understand the core principles of RailClone, its parametric [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Ngw4lc

According to a post in AutoCAD’s online documentation, it appears that from August this year Autodesk will no longer supply [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2KEIgtZ

Digital Expressions Sweden has released Tropism, a new procedural plugin for Modo that allows the user to create trees and [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2RzkEr1

Rizom-Lab has announced the release of Rizom UV 2019, its standalone UV mapping tool. New features include: (more…) Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2xffW8M

TalanSoft has released an update to Valkyrie Engine, its tool for creating real-time applications aimed squarely at artists.  (more…) Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2IKjqqr

One of the best digital painting apps for Windows and Mac has been updated for 2019. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts http://bit.ly/2YkPKWh

Chaos Czech has released a new tutorial explaining how to use the Corona MultiMap to quickly and easily create variations [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Ya7nI7

Bondware Inc, the parent company of Renderosity.com, has announced the acquisition of Poser from the previous owners Smith Micro. Find [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/31MEwff

Boomer Labs has released Superblob beta, a new meshing plugin for 3DS Max. Features include 5-10 times speed improvements over Max’s native [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2JhtIxl

Happy Digital has released Autohedge, a new plugin for 3DS Max and V-Ray dedicated to the creation of hedges, bushes, [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2N9fDaj

Lumion has released an update to its real-time 3D software for architecture. Version 9.5 adds several new objects and materials [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Kt9raT

Adobe has released a first look at Fresco, the new digital painting application for tablets that aims to reproduce real [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2MZskEx

Red Giant has announced VFX Suite, a set of 9 tools for keying, tracking, cleanup, and visual effects compositing for [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Ktxary

Ian Failes has published an interview with Rémi Bèges, the creator of a new application called Nexture that allows artists to add [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2N4kcCA

State of Art Academy has announced that Epic Games is the main sponsor for the 10th edition of Academy Days, [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Y46gcM

Serif – known for producing low-cost Photoshop and Illustrator alternatives Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer –  has announced the release [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2FjeNBy

Mike Golden and Hrvoje Čop have launched a new CG podcast called Wrong F-ing Question in which they argue that “there is [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2MZa1PR

MC WorldKit has released MC TieUp, a new digital asset for Houdini that makes it easy to bind objects using [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2FlUlQy

New features in R3DS’s tool for transferring topology from a predefined mesh to a 3D scan include: (more…) Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2MZa0eL

Taking on everyday sexism and 'how to be more pirate', these three 60-second animated films were created by outstanding new illustration and design talent. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts http://bit.ly/2L2bXo5

Affinity desktop platform Publisher is finally out - and already comes integrated for use with Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts http://bit.ly/2Kr40sS

Kinematic Lab has released Roll, a new modifier for 3DS Max that allows you to animate any geometry rolling over [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2XTMxfX

Unity Technologies has announced that version 2019.3 will add support for using Unity as a library controlled by native Android/Java [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2IqdfYl

Classy Dog studios have released a video explaining how to create a tree trunk scanning rig for photogrammetry. The approach [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2XWCA1a

Denis Bogolepov and Danila Ulyanov have announced LightTracer, an early release of their browser-based GPU rendering engine. The engine allows [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2IoyDwT

Last March we reported on a new AI presented by NVIDIA called GauGAN that shows simple paintings turned into more accomplished [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2MUv7yA

Adobe has released information about recent research work that attempts to detect edits to images that were made using Photoshop’s [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2RmG8Hz

Hot on the heels of the Max release, Chaos Czech has announced the release of Corona 4 for Cinema 4D. [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2KpznEr

New features in Basefount Technology’s crowd simulation software for Maya include: (more…) Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2RosFz1

Quixel has released an in-depth 45-minute tutorial that goes through the entire production process for ‘Rebirth’, a cinematic they produced [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Xm8uYd

BG Renderer is an After Effects script that allows you to render your Render Queue items in the background while [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2XS8HPS

Adobe has announced an update to Project Alchemist, its tool for creating, managing and processing materials using procedural, hand-made, capture-based and [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Xm7P9b

Munich-based Trixter has released a new breakdown video for its work on Captain Marvel. Watch it on YouTube. Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2MO2frT

Chaos Group has uploaded recording of the Keynote talk from the recent Total Chaos conference. (more…) Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2KfTnJx

Ignore Intel's 10th-gen chips announcements - these are the new laptops you should be checking out. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts http://bit.ly/2XLRirS

Science Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. from Science http://bit.ly/2XHVh8P

Environment A mysterious new coral epidemic is ravaging reefs across the Florida Keys. A mysterious new coral epidemic is ravaging reefs across the Florida Keys. Antibiotics are just one part of a massive rescue operation with little time to spare. from Science http://bit.ly/2MSfOqu

Venice-based archviz training centre State of Art Academy has released a new tutorial demonstrating how to use Corona 4’s new Caustics [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2ICHtGj

Autodesk has released 3DS Max 2020.1 adding the ability to tear off viewports, a new hotkey editor, chamfer modifier improvements [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2I8z7am

Bertrand Benoit has released a new film in which he visualises the unbuilt works of Etienne-Louis Boullée, an influential French architect [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2KdmdtR

Chaos Czech (formerly Render Legion) has announced the release of Corona 4. The update adds a new Caustics algorithm that’s [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2F3V4W7

Technology Unused apps on your phone can do more harm than simply taking up space. Apps are amazing, but getting rid of them sure feels great. from Technology http://bit.ly/2KaG110

Science The key is a crispy exterior and a soft interior. What happens during cooking that turns a humble potato into the perfect french fry? Chef Jet Tila and food scientist Dr. Arielle Johnson break down the science of french… from Science http://bit.ly/2X7crzS

Technology Have fun and learn about tech at the same time. The most fun you can have with a podcast that doesn't have anyone famous on it. from Technology http://bit.ly/2X7uOER

Science A new study lifts the wrapper on the cocoa industry. Increasing the price of cocoa by a mere 2.8 percent could provide farmers with enough income to hire qualified adult labor, instead of relying on children. from Science http://bit.ly/2EYJjAf

Technology Plus, listen to the latest episode of the Techathlon podcast. WWDC highlights and the upcoming onslaught of video games from E3. from Technology http://bit.ly/2EXT162

Technology It’s a first step on the way to autonomous Army helicopters. A 1970s-era Black Hawk flew with a cutting-edge fly-by-wire system in it in May, a crucial step in the flight plan for autonomous helicopters. from Technology http://bit.ly/2WnRID8

Serif has released a new version of Affinity Photo and Affinity Designer. Version 1.7 is a significant update with GPU compute acceleration, HDR [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Xw4Lnu

Rodeo FX has released a breakdown reel of their work on the film Bumblebee. Watch it on Vimeo. Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2wKS64c

Polymachine’s Hrvoje Čop has released a tutorial for Quixel that demonstrates the use of Megascans library and Quixel Bridge for [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2WQeAzv

Technology Thanks to today's vote, carriers can now opt customers into call blocking by default. The battle against robocalls is complicated. from Technology http://bit.ly/2WgrWRj

Technology Set aside lots of time and extra hard-drive space. Download your personal data from Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, and other tech heavies. from Technology http://bit.ly/2Wh1WFz

Chaos Group has announced the release of V-Ray Next update 2 for 3DS Max bringing V-Ray IPR enhancements and V-Ray GPU [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2HXCmS3

Technology Apple announced a long list of operating system changes. These are the shifts worth highlighting. Whether you wait until the fall or install the beta this summer, here are some of the best changes coming to your iPhone with iOS 13. from Technology http://bit.ly/2ZhieAj

Affinity Designer is here with a big 2019 update that comes optimised for the iPad, Mac and Windows. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts http://bit.ly/2Wm8Yxw

Technology It's called GlobalEye. The GlobalEye aircraft is an AWACS, or "airborne warning and control system."… from Technology http://bit.ly/2K12RZc

Affinity Designer is here with a big 2019 update that comes optimised for the iPad, Mac and Windows. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts http://bit.ly/2XrHi6T

Artem Smirnov has published a new reel or R&D work done for several high profile projects including Avengers and Mortal Engines. [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2HYlVoB

Science The host of Science Vs joins us for a round of some truly bizarre facts. What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. This week, we… from Science http://bit.ly/2QNEDC6

Environment We don't give much love to prairies, but in some places they're disappearing faster than the Amazon. This map shows where we still have grasslands (hint: not many places) and how we've managed to decimate these incredibly fragile ecosystems all around the world. from Science http://bit.ly/2Wv59GF

Alexey Vanzhula has released an update to Direct Modelling HDA, his modelling tool for Houdini. (more…) Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2ZdRYqp

Epic has announced the acquisition of Shave and a Haircut from Joe Alter. The Maya plugin adds interactive grooming and [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2ETWi6n

Cars The SF90 can go 211 miles per hour and hits 62 mph in just 2.5 seconds. The fastest Ferrari uses a combination of combustion and electric motors. from Technology http://bit.ly/2QMzXw6

Technology iTunes is going away, but the iTunes Store lives on in various forms. Apple announced at WWDC that on Macs, iTunes would be supplanted by three separate programs and a feature in the Finder. from Technology https://www.popsci.com/apple-replacing-itunes?dom=rss-default&src=syn

Gadgets For power, customization, and protection. Apple Watch accessories to keep your expensive new arm candy charged and protected. Oh, and there are some stylish offerings, too. You spent several hundred dollars on… from Technology http://bit.ly/2AuYbFq

Renderpeople, creators of scanned 3D people,  has announced RenderPeople STUDIO a new free plugin that allows a user to access [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2QK2G4O

Ftrack, has announced the integration of its production tracking, asset management and media review applications with Unity and Unreal Engine.  [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2WJC4X0

AXYZ has released a new case study tutorial demonstrating how to populate interiors with 3d people using its free lite [...] Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2QJKGHK

Mr X has released its latest reel of VFX work film and TV. Watch it on YouTube. Read more from CGPress news http://bit.ly/2Woq65G