The lens simulation tool for out-of-focus effects will be integrated into upcoming Nuke releases. Peregrine Labs’ Bokeh plug-in tool for simulating real-world camera lenses has been popular among Foundry Nuke compositors for years—so popular, in fact, that Foundry has just acquired the software. The pgBokeh node will be integrated within the Nuke line starting with … Read more
Company continues the staggered rollout of its updated renderer. To no one’s surprise, Chaos has released its V-Ray 6 for yet another content creation software package, this time it’s for Maxon’s Cinema 4D. V-Ray 6 brings much the same features to Cinema 4D as it has already to Autodesk’s Maya and 3ds Max. These include … Read more
Virtual production, education, and open source will be among the areas of focused activity for the company. When it comes to developing new technology or bettering mainstays, Foundry is always working to improve solutions for the industry. At Siggraph 2022, the company will host a series of events focusing on the use of Nuke in … Read more
The latest version follows Foundry’s interoperability drive and enhances collaboration. Foundry has released the latest update to its lighting and look development software Katana. Katana 5.0 features interoperability between Katana and Nuke, USD workflow improvements, Hydra render delegate support, improved network material workflows, etc. The most requested feature by the users is Nuke bridge incorporated … Read more
The company demo’d the virtual production technology currently being used in car ads that live up to the tradition of high-gloss paint jobs and unnatural nature shots and promise a future of digital twins. Unreal is staking out more ground in the Metaverse as they see it during their Unreal Build Automotive Event, which, of … Read more
The founding theme of the FMX conference in Stuttgart is special effects, but as the conference has evolved, driven by the energy of the students who attend, and the creativity of industry professionals and developers, it has expanded to recognize the contribution from all forms of art and the role of technology innovation. The conference includes game development, virtual production,
The extension to Virtual Studio also adds a virtual workstation service for content creation and game development. Digital content production vendor StratusCore has introduced a significant update to its Virtual Studio service for digital content creators in media and entertainment and game development. New features and services include Digital Escrow, a business framework for content … Read more
VFX studio Saddington Baynes offers hints on getting the digital artist job you want. When applying for a job, people often say it’s not what you know, it’s who you know. But in the fast moving computer graphics visual effects business, that’s just too vague. We recently chatted with the leadership team at London production … Read more
Other new features improve collaboration in digital content review and media production. The latest version of Autodesk Shotgun for digital asset management offers new ways to improve collaboration with most leading content creation tools. The cloud-based review and production tracking software also simplifies its ability to coordinate with IT and improves the RV viewing engine. … Read more
The graphical toolkits favored by Hollywood are now available to the architects, industrial designers, and other Rhino users. Earlier this year, Chaos Group brought its updated V-Ray renderer to the Nuke video editor. Now architects and designers can also take advantage of V-Ray 3’s capabilities thanks to its release on Rhino 5. This means that … Read more
