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News: Chaos Group showcases breakthroughs in GPU rendering | Post Magazine
Chaos Group demonstrated new performance breakthroughs in GPU rendering and real-time ray tracing at the latest GPU technology conference. Chaos Group is working on a new version of their V-Ray rendering engine that fully utilizes Nvidia RTX ray-tracing cores for the fastest render speeds yet.
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Freebie: Textures: Free 4K PBR Moss Material
Pete Mc Nally has another free PBR material. This realistic seamless 4096×4096 mossy material is perfect for covering ground, rocks and trees in your next 3D project.
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Freebie: Textures: Free Seamless PBR Denim Material
Pete McNally, Art Lead & 3D generalist, has designed a free seamless PBR Denim Material, 4096×4096, that is great for base/detail passes or close up garments in games or VFX.
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New: Font Previewer for After Effects is Now Available
Font Previewer plug-in allows you to preview fonts, manage them by folders and apply fonts in After Effects from the plug-in window.
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PR: Maxon Announces Exhibitor Presence at 2019 NAB Show
Company to Showcase Latest Generation of Cinema 4D; Top Industry Artists Present Powerful Workflow Solutions for 3D Motion Graphics and VFX; Presentations Streaming Live on C4DLive.com
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Review: HitFilm v12 – high quality built in SFX | RedShark
Simon Wyndham with RedShark New takes look at FXHome Hitfilm v12 with it’s new improvements and changes, and finds it to be a very powerful NLE.
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Toolfarm Top 10 DaVinci Resolve: The Toolfarm Top 10 Votes for 2018 Are Tallied…
The votes have been tallied for Toolfarm Top 10 Resolve and here are the results for the people’s choice of favorite plug-ins for Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve.
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Review: CrumplePop’s AudioDenoise and EchoRemover | doddleREVIEW + Sale Info
Heath McKnight from doodleNews tested out CrumplePop’s AudioDenoise and EchoRemover plug-ins to see how well they can correct bad audio.
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Webinar: Particle Illusion for Colorists, March 21, 2019
Join guest presenter, Dan Harvey, colorist & trainer, as he gives Resolve colorists an inside look at Particle Illusion, real-time particle generator.
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Midweek Motivation: ZBrush: Low Poly ZBrush Models Used for Paper Craft
French artist Xavier Dabrowski has a creative way to use ZBrush. He creates low poly versions of his models that transfers that info into amazing real, giant paper creations.
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Interview with Angelo Palazzo – Using Krotos Software for Creature Design and Futuristic SFX
Angelo Palazzo is an LA-based, Emmy-nominated sound designer, and he talked with Krotos Audio about his background in creating sound effects for films like Star Trek, Sleepy Hollow, From Dusk Til Dawn and more. He goes on to discuss how he uses Dehumaniser 2 and Reformer Pro for creature and futuristic sound design.
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Beta: Mistika Boutique for Mac & Windows, with Boris FX Software
SGO is holding an open beta for its brand new full-finishing software Mistika Boutique. Plus, all beta users will get Boris Sapphire, Continuum and Mocha Pro to use with the beta.
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News: Arnold 5.3 with Arnold GPU Public Beta – Now Available
Arnold 5.3 offers users a first taste of Arnold GPU with a beta version, giving them the option to render on either the CPU or the GPU, for a set number of features.
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Midweek Motivations: Ruben Brandt, Collector
I saw Ruben Brandt, Collector last weekend, not knowing what it was about before walking into the theatre. It’s a wild ride and very stylish!
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New: 5 New FxFactory FXPacks for FCPX – Special Intro Prices
FxFactory has released 5 new products for Final Cut Pro X to add cool transitions, animations, film grain and more to your videos. Add a film grain effect with Kingluma Granularity, get 30 fast transitions with PremiumVFX Lightspeed Transitions, Stupid Raisins Pointer Pop offers animated pointers with built in tracking, Cineflare Tunnels creates tunnel transitions and effects and Stupid Raisins Tube Pop has 82 animated tool templates perfect for YouTube.