Autodesk continues on the open trail with Bifrost for USD
The latest update offers new open Bifrost-USD integration and other enhancements.
The latest update offers new open Bifrost-USD integration and other enhancements.
The playback and review tool is now available on GitHub.
The group continues its work in establishing, maintaining, and endorsing standardized benchmarks; unveils SPECapc for Maya 2023 benchmark. The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Graphics and Workstation Performance Group (GWPG) was formed in 1986 under the National Computer Graphics Association (NCGA). GWPG joined SPEC in 1996, and today is one of five groups developing benchmarks … Read more
Continues to focus on the cloud and open source. Some may look at the annual Autodesk University as a conference for AEC, architecture, and manufacturing. And it is. But, there’s also a focus on the company’s “other” business: media and entertainment. Here, Autodesk announced Flow, a new industry cloud for M&E that will connect user … Read more
Users get most of the features in the full version of Maya and pay when they use them, not when they don’t. Used throughout many major film and game studios, Autodesk’s Maya is the software behind a plethora of stunning visuals in leading-edge projects. Since it was introduced in 1998, Maya has continued to offer … Read more
The software vendor, along with leading industry studios and creatives, will be teaming up on a virtual Vision Series ahead of the in-person conference. Once again, Autodesk will be partnering with industry luminaries to present its Vision Series during SIGGRAPH. For the past two years, this in-person event, like the SIGGRAPH Conference and Expo, has … Read more
Updates make next-gen workflows more efficient. Autodesk has added a new layer of polish to its popular 3D tools, updating its Maya, 3ds Max, Arnold, and Bifrost with new features that will enable artists and animators in the film, television, games, and design visualization industries to tackle modern workflow challenges more easily and with greater … Read more
Autodesk has announced an important update to Autodesk Maya—Version 2020.4. It includes updates to Bifrost extension, native Motion Library plugin, and Substance plugin. The inclusion of Arnold 6.1 ensures post-processing nodes for creating exposure, color correction, vignetting effects and support for nested dielectrics, a new priority system for overlapping transparent objects. Nestled dielectrics gives the … Read more
Autodesk’s high-end finishing suite still requires a significant hardware investment, but now you can pick or choose your vendors. Autodesk’s Media & Entertainment division has been spending time cleaning house, aligning products, and building around new market strategies. The company unveiled the fruits of their labors at the recent National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2016 … Read more