Epic Games announced its MegaGrants program at GDC 2019. The company established a $100 million fund to support game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers who are “doing amazing things with Unreal Engine” or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community. The Blender Foundation had … [Read more...] about Blender Foundation awarded $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant
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Blender celebrates its 25th birthday
New versions, new members, new enthusiasm The path of Blender as a company and an organization has never been straight. As it has gained new supporters and users, the Blender’s features have multiplied along with new add-ons. As the Blender community celebrates its 25th anniversary, Blender shows signs of growing up. As Blender celebrates its 25th anniversary, it’s worth … [Read more...] about Blender celebrates its 25th birthday
Adobe’s Character Animator comes to life
Making people and creatures for fun and profit. It was just a few years ago, 2015 actually, that Adobe introduced its character animation tool to the world at NAB. At that time, it was part of Adobe’s After Effects and seemed a cute feature and something of a quirky addition to After Effects. Back then, a quick look at Character Animation made it seem similar to facial … [Read more...] about Adobe’s Character Animator comes to life
Visualize production data in Shotgun 7.6—introduces Production Insights
Consolidated information helps manage VFX, animation, and games projects better. Shotgun Software has released Shotgun 7.6, the latest version of Autodesk Shotgun for digital asset management. This release has introduced Production Insights, a set of analytics and reporting tools that helps studios visualize their production data, in the form of graph types including pie, … [Read more...] about Visualize production data in Shotgun 7.6—introduces Production Insights
Nukeygara unveils Akeytsu after beta testing for two years
Rigging and animation software, Akeytsu will ship on 25 October 2017. Founded in 2014 by animator Aurélien Charrier and CTO Yannick Rousseau in Lyon, France, Nukeygara has announced the official release of Akeytsu at IndieCade 2017. Akeytsu is a 3D character rigging and animation program that has been in its beta for more than two years. Beta users are claiming that Akeytsu … [Read more...] about Nukeygara unveils Akeytsu after beta testing for two years