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Update: 3D-IO Flatiron 2.31 for 3ds Max – Now Supports Redshift 3D
Flatiron now comes with Redshift 3D full scene texture baking support, with this small update.
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Update: Red Giant Trapcode Suite 14.0.4 – New Features and Bug Fixes
In this free update to Trapcode Suite, OBJ Sequences will now animate in the Particular Designer and Form Designer. Plus they’ve added a few more bug fixes for Form and Particular.
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Plug-in Compatibility: Final Cut Pro X 10.4
We’re keeping an ongoing list of compatibility and non-compatibility with the latest release of FCP X 10.4. If you know of plug-ins that are not compatible please let us know.
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News: Red Giant PluralEyes and FCPX 10.4 – Important Compatibility Update
Red Giant has reported that PluralEyes 4 now currently compatible with FCPX 10.4 with a free update.
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News: Upcoming CINEMA 4D Update – Support for eGPUs on Mac
If you’re running Cinema 4D on a Mac, a new C4D update, due in January, has the potential to give you a massive performance boost with compatibility for external graphics cards (eGPU’s).
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Review: Final Cut Pro X 10.4 First Look – Larry Jordan
Larry Jordan had the chance to work with the pre-release versions of Final Cut Pro X (10.4), Compressor (4.4) and Motion (5.4) that have recently been made available. He explains what’s new, what’s better, what hasn’t changed and more, to help you decide is it’s worth upgrading.
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New: FxFactory Pro 7, Includes Premiere Pro Improvements and More
FxFactory 7 brings big performance and usability benefits to all of their plugins in all video apps, with a special focus on Premiere Pro. As with all new versions of FxFactory, this is a free update.
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News: Chaos Group V-Ray Next – Beta
The newest version of V-Ray for 3ds Max, V-Ray Next, is coming soon and now in open beta for current V-Ray 3.x for 3ds Max customers.
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Contest: Next Limit Pimp My Tree Christmas Challenge
There are only a few days until Christmas, and we want to make sure you know about the fun new CG challenge at Next Limit! “If you are a Maxwell or RealFlow user, put your talent into making this dreary Christmas tree into a merrier one for the jolliest of holidays.”
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Review: Digital Film Tools Film Stocks 3
Cinematographer Barry Braverman takes a long look at Digital Film Tools Film Stocks 3 and finds that it “enables today’s all-digital shooters to re-create a compelling high-end film look.”
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Sale Extended: Greyscalegorilla End of the Year Sale – 40% Off All Products – 3 More Hours!
The Greyscalegorilla sale has been extended for 3 more hours, so you still have time (but not much) to save 40% on all GSG products. Sale officially ends today, December 13 at 11am PST.
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Coming Soon: NewTek LightWave 3D 2018 – Available January 2018
LightWave 3D® 2018 boasts a streamlined workflow with an extensive list of artist friendly capabilities including, all new physically based rendering architecture, and wide range of additional improvements and will be available on January 1, 2018 at 12:01am GMT.
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Update: Lightmap HDR Light Studio: CINEMA 4D R19 and Maya 2018 Connection Updates
Lightmap has recently announced that both the CINEMA 4D R19 and MAYA 2018 connections for HDR Light Studio 5.4.2 have been released.
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New/Update: 3 FxFactory Products from Zoetrope, Hawaiki and CineFlare
Zoetrope Halo Bender is a new product, while Hawaki Keyer has been updated to v4 and CineFlare Kinetic Text updated to v2.
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Update: Autodesk 3ds Max 2018.4 – Now with Improved Fluids, New Presets
This is the 4th update to 3ds Max 2018 with a focus on improving 3ds Max Fluids, giving you better feedback as well as added presets for certain fluid types, making it easier to add fluid simulations to scenes. Plus the 3ds Max Interactive VR engine has been updated, Max Batch has been redesigned, and over 100 bugs have been fixed.