Plug-in integrates AI and features Flow-connected workflows; updates to Maya and 3ds Max include modeling improvements, liquids in Bifrost, OpenUSD improvements, and OpenPBR integration.
Updates include the new ‘Filled Path’ feature for Substance 3D Painter; improved rendering for Substance 3D Designer; and the Substance 3D Indie Bundle for independent creators who want access to professional-grade tools at a lower price.
At this year's Autodesk Univerisity, with the help of Mikros Animation, Digital Fish, and Wonder Studio, the tech giant demonstrated a slew of program feature updates and improvements across its product lineup, all designed to increase creative productivity and lower barriers for great storytelling.
New Gaussian Splat support lets users quickly create 3D environments from photos or videos; 20+ new features and improvements range from creative scatter options to firefly removal.
Showcasing the best 3D character design and animation made with the company’s powerful character production ecosystems, the contest has awarded cash and prizes valued at over USD$47,500 to winners in multiple categories including ‘Best Character Design,’ ‘Best Character Animation’ and ‘Best AccuRIG Character.’
AU 2024 runs October 15-17 in San Diego and invites artists and creative professionals to learn about emerging technologies, innovative techniques, and hear from leading industry experts both in-person and online.
Mozambique-based FX Animation Studios owner Nildo Essá discusses how his 2-person team’s feature film production pipeline featuring iClone, Character Creator 4, LIVE LINK and CC Control Rig enables seamless transfer of data to and from Unreal Engine, enabling real-time animation editing, character control, and synchronized camera movements.
Discover the future of entertainment production with the groundbreaking collaboration between NVIDIA and HPC solution provider Exxact - uncover the power of OpenUSD and NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise in revolutionizing the Media & Entertainment (M&E) landscape.
To celebrate Star Wars Day, the tech leader has announced its May the Fourth campaign, a month-long contest for superfans to design their own droid using Maya, 3ds Max, or Fusion.
The new toolset enables the moving of 3D scenes quickly from industry-standard creation tools onto LED screens without the slow data conversion process.
A library of more than 500 handkey motions, including unique, stylized interactions and movements such as walk, talk, and run, lets animators easily add zest to 3D cartoon productions.
Plug-In offers CoreWeave users faster and easier rendering within creative environments, streamlining Conductor’s use with the open-source 3D software.
New MaterialX and USD Support, faster workflows, and V-Ray GPU updates and enhancements allow artists to complete their USD pipeline with smooth photoreal rendering across teams and tools in real-time.
Running November 13-15, the M&E-focused virtual event invites artists and creative professionals to learn about emerging technology, master cutting-edge techniques, and participate in live portfolio reviews – free!
Three presenters at NVIDIA GTC, the conference for AI and the metaverse, talked about their adoption of real-time virtual production integrated with the technology giant’s end-to-end platform for building and operating 3D virtual worlds, a growing movement supported by Exxact Corporation, a Fremont, CA-based provider of high-performance computing solutions.
The summer heats up with enhanced Maxon One subscription offerings, including Jitter added to Redshift, MatCap Shader Node and Support for Maya on Mac, and Improved Trapcode Workflows.
Innovative tool allows creators to easily search the company’s extensive model and materials library and seamlessly import assets into 3D content creation tools like Unreal Engine 5, Blender, and Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max.
California-based Elara Systems harnesses Adobe Substance 3D Painter, Maya, Unreal Engine and NVIDIA Omniverse, connecting 3D pipelines to create AI character-driven 3D medical animations that help raise public awareness through relatable storytelling.
The new collaboration allows artists to connect their preferred content creation tools in a unified production pipeline for faster, easier changes and enhanced content production, with a lower barrier of entry for accessing M&E workflows.
Marketing Consultant Robert Moore shares his insights on how new high-performance, high-efficiency, NVIDIA GPU-based Supermicro servers optimized for NVIDIA Omniverse™ Enterprise, are enabling new paradigms of distributed, collaborative entertainment content production.
Upgrade brings more artist/designer-friendly tools to the rendering solution; photorealistic ray tracer adds denoiser/lens making, cylindrical decal tools, and time-saving GPU enhancements.
The Fremont, CA-based provider of high-performance digital hardware helps bring real-time collaboration to a growing clientele.
Major updates to core reference apps and tools offer increased speed, accessibility, and flexibility for collaborative workflows, making it easier for developers, creators, and novices to build metaverse applications.
The updated renderer features a new Procedural Cloud System plus a slew of new tools to speed up the 3D design process.
Tech giant offering 2-days of online sessions with presentations by WB Games Avalanche, Playground Games, Crafty Apes, IGNITE Animation Studios, Crater Studio, and Megalis VFX; registration is free and required to attend.
