Greyscalegorilla transitions to subscription

Service gives 3D digital artists an all-you-can-eat option on a per-month or annual basis. Greyscalegorilla has added a subscription level for large and growing catalog of content and training. The company, founded by Nick Campbell as a resource for content creators, has been growing the amount of available content to the point that customers could … Read more

Maxon expands its network; acquires Japanese distributor

Maxon has acquired the sales and distribution of its products in Japan from former partner TMS and has opened its first official office in the country. The new office is Maxon Computer KK. Maxon says the new arrangement will enable Maxon to forge closer relationships with their customers in Japan and also to expand sales … Read more

The effervescent rise of GPUs: ASWF updates OpenVDB and ColorIO

Yet another reminder that technology, even fast technology, can move slowly. Siggraph has become an important gathering point for the open-source community. Many of the developers creating tools for digital content creation are working at studios serving the movie industry or at companies working with the studios. Naturally then, Siggraph is the site for the … Read more

Foundry teases Katana 4.0

The upcoming version puts powerful lighting tools right where artists want them. The Foundry’s Katana is a powerful tool for lighting and look development. Compared to so many tools used in entertainment content creation, it is a relatively young application. Foundry added Katana to its portfolio in 2011 through a deal with Sony Imageworks to … Read more

Graphisoft releases ArchiCAD 24 and a big new attitude

Big changes afoot at Nemetschek We’re all virtual now. Graphisoft convened a meeting of our virtual selves for their annual worldwide meeting. This year the theme was Building Together as CEO Huw Roberts and his team unveiled a new version of Archicad. More important for parent company Nemetschek, the virtual conference also showcased new levels … Read more

Vectorworks looks ahead

Settles in for the crisis; offers options for customers. One of the side benefits of the Coronavirus lockdown is that we now get an inside look at people’s offices. Biplab Sarkar, the CEO of Vectorworks, presented his keynote for the Vectorworks Design Summit, from his home office and we were able to chat with him … Read more

Maxon updates features and licensing for Cinema 4D

New features for motion graphics, titles, interoperability, and rendering. Maxon is modernizing on all fronts. At Siggraph 2019, the company outlined new features and tools for Cinema 4D R 21, Maxon’s flagship 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. Maxon is consolidating all of the options available for Cinema 4D into one central version, and the … Read more