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Planticus Jealosicus

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New great animated short created by Masa Avramovic at French school La Poudrière, made with Toon Boom Harmony. Watch Planticus Jealosicus [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2QSCF4O

Autodesk confirms Max Indie will be rolled out worldwide

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During a Q&A for the release of 3DS Max 2021, Chief Product Owner of 3DS Max Chip Weatherman confirmed that Max [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3dwx1id

Substance in 3DS Max

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Adobe has released a new tutorial explaining how to use the new Substance plugin in 3DS Max 2021. Watch it [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2UnbbGt

3DS Max 2021 Bake to Texture tutorials

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Autodesk has published a series of tutorials explaining how to get up to speed with 3DS Max 2021’s new bake to [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2xusfl2

SimpleMapBaker for 3DS Max

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Changsoo Eun has released simpleMapBaker,  a simplified front-end for 3DS Max 2021’s new texture baking tools. Find out more on [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39gV8Ox

Kraken Pro asset manager by TurboSquid

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Turbosquid has announced the release of Kraken Pro, a new cloud-based asset manager. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39nq2EW

3D Coat 4.9.34 released

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Pilgway has released 3D Coat 4.9.34 with native support of Blender via built-in AppLink, full compatibility with Quixel Megascans, improved quality [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2wFKWlp

Make your own art gallery in Animal Crossing with cool customisation tool

Speak to Sable to showcase your illos alongside other top creators. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts https://ift.tt/3dumUur

Ziva VFX 1.9 released

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Ziva Dynamics has released Ziva VFX 1.9 adding full Maya 2020 support, Maya file referencing, increased material stability, and more. [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39oPHxm

Epic announces free foliage assets for Unreal

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Epic Games has announced that over 20 environment and vegetation products by Project Nature are now permanently free on the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2WE9QMT

Freak – Framestore’s proprietary renderer

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Befores & Afters has published an interesting interview with Framestore global head of CG Mark Wilson and head of rendering [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39mifaN

3DS Max 2021 new features revealed

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As it does every year, Autodesk has updated its documentation of Max 2021 in advance of the official announcement giving [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2QHsgse

Topogun 3 sneak peek

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The Topogun team has released two new videos showing a glimpse of what we can expect in the next version [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2wyIJbr

Free 3D Software and resources during the coronavirus outbreak

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Our friends at CG Channel have compiled a useful list of the free offers and concessions made by software companies [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2UAeoBg

Unity Learn Premium free for 3 months

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Unity Technologies has announced that it’s premium learning content is now free to registered users until June 20 to help users [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/33QEODn

Modo 14 released

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Foundry has announced the release of Modo 14, (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2x8M5Sx

Anima 4 released

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AXYZ Design has announced the release of Anima 4, its standalone crowd animation tool with plugins for 3DS Max, Cinema [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2UsCk9G

Game Ready Hair

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Paul Neale has published a tutorial on how to create game-ready hair in 3DS Max. Watch it on YouTube.  Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/33ymCy0

Maya 2020.1 released

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Autodesk has announced the release of Maya 2020.1. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2UfMb2E

Lumion 10.3 released

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Act-3D has announced the release of Lumion 10.3. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3ageLre

Unity 2020.1 beta available

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Unity 2020.1 is now available to test. See what’s new on the Unity blog.  Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3dfzUUs

Affinity offers Photo, Designer & Publisher for Free for 3 Months

A dystopia-beating deal - and freelance work on offer, too. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts https://ift.tt/2vw2joe

Pat Hanrahan and Ed Catmull awarded $1M Turing award

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Pixar luminaries Pat Hanrahan and Ed Catmull have been awarded the Turing award, one of the most prestigious honours in [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3d4A0yl

Substance 2020 Games reel

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Adobe has released a new demo reel of work created using Substance tools for the games industry. Watch it on [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3dc64jG

GDC Streaming now on twitch

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The GDC conference which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic is now streaming on Twitch. You can see the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2QsgWAm

USD for Maya binary now available

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Autodesk has released the first binary for its USD for Maya project to create a  Maya plugin as well as reusable [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/390rz3N

Per Abrahamsen to open source tools

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Per Abrahamsen has announced on polycount that he will be releasing many new tools built up over a decade of [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3ba9aDd

Apple has just released an iPad Pro with a full keyboard with trackpad

The updated 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro tablets also boast faster performance, iPhone-like cameras and a LiDAR Scanner. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts https://ift.tt/2UeGm5G

Now get your Adobe CC subscription reduced with two months off

Adobe's made Creative Cloud free if you look hard enough. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts https://ift.tt/2UdS3JR

The invisible VFX Of Parasite

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Pixar has published an article Dexter Studio’s invisible VFX on Parasite. Read it on the Renderman website.  Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2x7JOa0

BeeHive: Real-time virtual sync, review and collaboration

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Glassbox has released Beehive, a new tool for collaborative, virtual scene syncing, editing and review that has been built to [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2WkMwDV

Cinesite’s The Witcher breakdown

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Cinesite has released a breakdown reel for its work on The Witcher. Watch it on Vimeo. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/33rp09V

Online creative communities are here for you to join and beat Corona blues

These Slack channels are waiting for you illustrators, agencies and creatives. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts https://ift.tt/3b4dqUK

Proxy Textures for 3DS Max

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Spline Dynamics has released Proxy Textures, a new plugin for 3DS Max that promises to quickly optimize textures for improved [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2WflzBv

Final Render Drop 4 released

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Cebas Visual Technology has announced an update to Final Render. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39Yd15Z

Phoenix FD 4.1 for 3DS Max and Maya released

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Chaos Group has released Phoenix FD4.1 for Max and Maya. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2U8I0pe

Automotive materials for Unreal

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Epic has announced the release of a new revamped pack of automotive materials including 10 master materials and over 150 editable instances. The [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Qj2P02

Substance Alchemist 2.1 released

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Adobe has announced the release of Substance Alchemist adding a new export window with presets for many common renderers and [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/33y9wB3

Epic acquires Cubic Motion

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Epic has announced the acquisition of Cubic Motion, providers of “automated performance-driven facial animation technology and services for video games, [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Uc7YIA

Twinmotion 2020

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Epic Games has released Twinmotion 2020, the first paid-for release since the acquisition. New features include: (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2IHD7ya

Unity acquires Artomatix

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Unity Technologies has announced the acquisition of Artomatic, creators of ArtEngine, (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2w2Em8f

UVPackmaster for 3DS Max

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Glukoz has announced that it has ported its UV packing engine to 3DS Max. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/38LjZtI

New free Unreal courses

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Epic Games has released several new free courses on their learning portal including Creating Marketplace Content, Getting Started with Datasmith, [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39LWBh2

CorelDraw's 2020 update makes it the Google Docs of visual design

Agencies and studios see themselves courted by the graphics suite – and creatives may never have to leave the house. from Latest News Articles from Digital Arts https://ift.tt/2U4I4WW

PureRef 1.10 released

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Idyllic Pixel has released several updates to PureRef, its popular free image reference organiser and viewer.  (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2v7xFBz

Cinema 4D Cineware plugin for Unity

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Maxon has announced a new integration plugin for Unity called Cineware. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/38x6tJX

Realistic Tree Simulations in Houdini

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Mill Film artist Mohammed Kamal Ahmed has published some great looking tree simulations made in Houdini and shared information on how [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2xj7ics

Atom Unreal open beta

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Toolchefs has announced a free open beta of Atoms Unreal, a real-time implementation of its crowd simulation tool. Features include [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2IwlPnz

Shergar from The Animation Workshop

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A new remarkable animated short is out, created by students from The Animation Workshop. Shergar features great aesthetic work and [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3aA2Zb2

Pixomondo’s Midway breakdown reel

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Pixomondo has released a breakdown reel for its work on the film Midway. Watch it on YouTube. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/39vehNN

DNEG’s TV reel

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DNEG has released a new reel of its TV word including Altered Carbon, Chernobyl, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Catch-22, [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2v06LeJ

Verge3D 3.0 released

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Verge3D 3.0 is now available for 3ds Max and Blender with a reworked App Manager interface, dark theme, AR/VR improvements and new [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2vLGKQD

Free VDB simulations created with Embergen

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JangaVFX has released several VDB animations created using its real-time volumetric simulation tool EmberGen. Find out more and download the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3cCrqXq

Unreal Engine 4.25 preview available

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Epic has announced the release of Unreal Engine 4.25 preview. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2TsiY5i

DaVinci Resolve 16.2 released

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Blackmagic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 16.2 adding new Fairlight audio features that give users access to features using a [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2TMi5mX

Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher 1.8 released

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Serif has announced an update to Affinity Photo, Designer and Publisher. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2TKsyQ4

Moves motion capture app for Cinema 4D

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Maxon has announced Moves, a new iOS app that enables users to capture facial motion and whole-body movement and bring [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3cCqJNB

Mastering Blending Modes

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The Substance team have released a nice 7 part tutorial on mastering blending modes. They use a non-technical approach with a [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/32PEuUM

Autodesk Webinar: Up Close and Personal with 3ds Max

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Autodesk has announced a live webinar with the 3DS Max team will take place on March 25. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2TFDCh5

Blender announces annual Long Term Support releases

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The Blender Foundation has announced that it will now release an annual Long Term Support (shortened to LTS) version.  (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3coM0u2

NVIDIA GTC, Adobe Substance Days, Google IO, and IAMAG Master Classes cancelled due to Corona virus

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Several more conferences have been cancelleddue to the Corona virus. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2wuZsvQ

Crowd and Stadium tool

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Amsterdam-based Postoffice has released a video showcase of their in-house Crowd and Stadium tool. The parametric system is can create [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3an8Ws0

All Wall Worm tools for 3DS Max now free

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Shawn Olson has announced that all his Wall Worm tools for 3DS Max are now free. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3akLonp

Neil Blevins to discontinue support for Soulburnscripts

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Neil Blevins has announced that he will discontinue the development and maintenance of the popular collection of tools Soulburnscripts after the release [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3cjjKZX

Quixel Mixer 2020 released

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Quixel has announced the release of Mixer 2020 introducing the ability to paint on 3D models. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/38gTnAk

GDC and Unreal Fest cancelled due to Corona virus concerns

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The organisers of GDC and Unreal Fest have separately announced today that the conferences will not take place due to [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2vws0oL