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Making of House 59: Blender for archviz

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Ronen Bekerman has posted a new instalment of his regular archviz making-of articles. We don’t always share them all, but [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3qfprPh

Makehuman 1.2.0 released

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MakeHuman Community has announced the release of MakeHuman 1.2.0, the latest version of its open source for the parametric creation [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3mnu7jY

Unigine 2.13 released

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Unigine version 2.13 has been released with a new GPU lightmapping tool for baking global illumination. Other features include: (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2JjuRbq

Sneak Peek: Clarisse’s new CPU + GPU renderer

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Isotropix has released a preview of a new CPU+GPU renderer for Clarisse. Called Angie, it’s based on OSL, and sampling [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/37obciL

Sneak Peek: V-Ray Materials display improvement in Max viewports

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Vlado has released a video showing the early stages of some work being done to improve the representation of V-Ray materials [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3fR5SZ1

Blender 2.91 released with new booleans, improved cloth sculpting and more

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The Blender Foundation has announced its fourth major release in 2020. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2J9A9Gw

Marmoset 4 released

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Marmoset has announced the release of Marmoset Toolbag 4, its real-time rendering tool. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/35YPaDK

Vizuali scripts for archviz

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Vizuali Studio has released a handful of handy scripts aimed at Archviz artists.  (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/360zEae

Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2020 CG sales

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A number of companies will be offering discounts during this year’s Black Friday (November 27) and Cyber Monday (November 30) [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2KnWwrX

Facebook joins the Blender Development Fund

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The Blender Foundation has announced that Facebook has joined the Blender Development Fund as a Corporate Patron. Corporate Patron is [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3pGZKqR

Lumion 11 released

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Act3D has announced the release of Lumion 3D, the latest version of its real-time engine for architectural visualisation. Headline features [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/35IrdAh

Keyshot 10 released

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Luxion has announced the release of Keyshot 10. New features include a new Light Manager, RealCloth 2.0, Keyframe Animation, and [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3pJKI3I

Forest Pack 7 beta released

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iToo Software has announced a beta version of Forest Pack 7, the latest version of its scattering plugin for 3ds [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2IM5f6H

Creating procedural welding seams in Houdini

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Entagma has published a new tutorial on how to create procedurally generate welding seams in Houdini. Watch it and get the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/35CdECu

Assets from What Remains of Edith Finch now free on Unreal Marketplace

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Epic has announced that over 3,000 assets comprising stylised meshes with unique textures and materials from BAFTA award-winning What Remains of [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2IFPRZK

Comparing PBR Bakers

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Grzegorz Baran has posted an interesting video in which he compares PBR bakers in the context of a photogrammetry workflow. [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/32RSjTP

Epic Games Invests in SideFX

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SideFX has announced that Epic Games is now a minority investor in the company. They are careful to point out [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/35B8wyH

Layama 1.2 released with scene sets

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Motiva has announced the release of Layama 1.2, the latest version of its tool for creating 360-degree tours in just a [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Kai1MN

Aardman Animation offer online training

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Aardman Animations has announced a 3-month online course starting in February that aims to be an industry alternative to university. [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3pn7aPP

Cinema 4D to be compatible with Apple Silicon M1 macs

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Maxon has announced that Cinema 4D will be available for the new M1-powered Macs when they ship. Read the full [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3kqonUA

Virtual Production in Unreal Engine conference- recordings online

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Recordings from the recent Virtual Production conference that looked at using Unreal Engine for Film, TV and VFX are now [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3poDz8I

Inside Pixar

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Disney-Pixar has announced a new documentary series to be aired on Disney+ called Inside Pixar. Watch a trailer on YouTube.    Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/36JrbYv

Vertex Conference 2021

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Future has announced the Vertex 2021 conference, its event organised by 3D World and ImagineFX magazine. Like most conferences at the moment, this [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2UkRJcx

CityEngine 2020.1 realised

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Esri has announced the release of CityEngine 2020.1. Changes include a new USD importer, LOD support when exporting to Unreal, [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3kmxu8T

Mill Scout – AR app

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The Mill has released a video demonstrating an augmented reality app that allows artists to visualise CGI characters and objects live [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/36qrOFV

Spin VFX’s Upside Down Magic reel

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Spin VFX has released a VFX breakdown reel for its work on Disney’s Upside-Down Magic. Watch it on Vimeo. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3lhv8cK

CG Garage interviews Gary Yost

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Chaos Group’s CG Garage podcast has interviewed Gary Yost, one of the original creators of 3ds Max 3D Studio.  (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3eL6VsK

DaVinci Resolve 17 released

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Black Magic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 17 public beta with over 100 new features and 200 [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2UhvvYM

Dorito Effect helper for 3ds Max

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Kinematic Lab has released Dorito, a new tool for 3ds Max that simplifies the creation of what is usually called a [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3lkJZ6d

Can Erduman on L’Artista short film

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Have you ever struggled with your art? Can Erduman talks to Filmnosis about the making of his highly creative short [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/32tGmU4

Latest Jobs on CGPress – 9 November 2020

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There are a couple of exciting new opportunities on CGPress’ jobs board. Australia-based Unsigned Studios are looking for two Senior 3D Artists and [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3eGKCEJ

V-Ray 5 for Sketchup released

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Chaos Group has announced the release of V-Ray 5 for Sketchup. This release includes some notable differences from the Maya [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2JR9fmS

Cloth Deform modifier for 3ds Max

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KM-3D has announced the release of Cloth Deform,  a modifier for 3ds max that creates cloth-like wrinkles on top of [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/36eERdC

Replay: 3DS Meetup TV – November 4th

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Watch a recording of the latest 3DS TV meetup on YouTube. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3mZj00n

Instant Terra 1.14 released

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Wysilab has released a new version of Instant Terra, its terrain creation tool. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Ifzym0

Unreal Build: Virtual Production online conference

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Epic has announced it is to host an online conference for virtual production using Unreal on November 10 starting at 9 [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3ezbk2b

Framestore’s The Secret Garden VFX breakdown

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Framestore has released a breakdown for its VFX work on The Secret Garden. Watch it on YouTube.  Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2GAqTdb

Gravity Sketch 2020 trailer

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Gravity Sketch has released a new trailer for its VR design tool. Watch it on YouTube.  Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2JArn46

Realistic and interactive robot gaze

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Disney Research has released a paper and accompanying video of a system for lifelike gaze in human-robot interactions using a humanoid [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2GsEEe0

V-Ray 2020 showreel

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Chaos Group has announced the release of a new showreel for V-Ray. Watch it on YouTube. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2TPEHnd

Katana 4.0 released

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Foundry has announced the release of Katana, its look development and lighting software. New features include a new artist focused [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/363jkEr

Pixomondo’s Raised By Wolves breakdown

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Pixomondo has released a breakdown reel of their VFX work for season 1 of Raised by Wolves. Watch it on YouTube. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3jVAuJk

SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Tech Paper preview

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Take a look at cutting edge developments in 3D and 2D graphics in the latest technical paper preview from this [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3jSRK1L

Arnold 6.1 released

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Autodesk has announced the release of Arnold 6.1. New features include a new post-processing framework, support for nested dielectrics, significant improvement [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Gl37Sm

Flame 2021.2 released

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Autodesk announced the released of Flame 2021.2. The update adds a new object-based keyer that identifies and provides a matte for the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/380TDqZ

Retexturing Megascans surfaces in Mixer

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Quixel has released a tutorial that demonstrates how to use an existing Megascans surface as a foundation in Mixer to create a [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/34NfeB9

Beginners guide to Marvelous Designer

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Denis Keman has released a 4 part introduction to Marvelous Designer. Watch it them YouTube (part 1 | part 2 [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Jw5MKf

Forest Pack Halloween tutorial teases light scattering

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iToo Software has released a Halloween themed tutorial that also appears to tease the ability to scatter lights coming soon to [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2TZz5ad