Modo has long been popular with both media creatives and product designers for its respect of the underlying geometry. The Foundry has made considerable revision to the MeshFusion technology in Modo, replacing its older schematic-based workflow with more modern direct input. The revision is one of several changes just released as Modo 10.2. Modo is 3D creative modeling … [Read more...] about Modo update streamlines mesh editing in complex models
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The Foundry ports Katana to Windows
The popular look-and-lighting tool also adds new support for Renderman, V-Ray, Arnold, and 3Delight. The Foundry’s popular professional look development and lighting tool Katana is now available on Windows. Until now only available on Linux RHEL Centos 6, Katana 2.5 will also support 64-bit Windows 7. Katana is used in VFX, broadcast, and animation as a … [Read more...] about The Foundry ports Katana to Windows
Modo gets procedural with 10.01
The first point update adds procedural modeling to the renown direct modeling engine. Modo 10 was released in March as three upgrades, all of which will become available to purchasers when they buy Modo 10. Modo 10.0 offers enhanced workflows for creating real-time immersive content including games and virtual reality. Support for Unity and Unreal shaders in the Modo viewer … [Read more...] about Modo gets procedural with 10.01
Major content creation players dominate Siggraph
Introductions from The Foundry, Autodesk, and Pixar set the agenda. The content creation companies at Siggraph this year had simple ambitions—to improve the ability of software to work together. First, most of the companies have to make their own software interoperate more smoothly—an ongoing challenge as they develop new capabilities and acquire companies. And now, the more … [Read more...] about Major content creation players dominate Siggraph
The Foundry has a new majority owner
London private equity firm HgCapital pays $312 million to add The Foundry to its Technology, Media & Telecommunications group. The Foundry, best known for its creative media products Mari, Modo, and Nuke, has a new majority owner. London private equity firm HgCapital has paid £200 million ($312 million) to take over majority ownership from The Carlyle Group. The … [Read more...] about The Foundry has a new majority owner
The Foundry releases non-commercial version of Nuke video compositor
This new non-watermarked version of Nuke 9 has few functional restrictions. Visual effects software house The Foundry has released a non-commercial version of its popular video composting software Nuke. The software is available to anyone who wants to learn the software, but stands as a separate product from The Foundry’s educational products. Every film nominated for a … [Read more...] about The Foundry releases non-commercial version of Nuke video compositor
Chaos Group takes new ground
New products and alliances announced at Siggraph give V-Ray an opportunity to dominate rendering in film and broadcast workflows. Recent alliances between rendering software specialist Chaos Group and The Foundry and Nvidia give new visibility to Chaos Group’s V-Ray rendering technology. Chaos Group and The Foundry have been working together on versions of V-Ray for three … [Read more...] about Chaos Group takes new ground
Autodesk steps up at Siggraph 2014
The addition of Shotgun to the Autodesk line means the company is all-in on openness. By Kathleen Maher Perhaps reflecting more a more positive outlook, Autodesk considerably upped its participation at Siggraph this year. The company had a much larger presence at the show this year compared to last year. They had a booth and ran a slate of sessions throughout the entire … [Read more...] about Autodesk steps up at Siggraph 2014
The Foundry releases Mac version of Mari 3D digital paint software
Originally created by Weta Digital for Avatar, Mari is now a popular application for visual effects. The Foundry has released a Mac OS X version of its popular 3D digital painting application Mari. The software is used to paint directly onto 3D models using high-resolution textures and millions of polygons. The application was originally developed at Weta Digital to … [Read more...] about The Foundry releases Mac version of Mari 3D digital paint software
Five M&E software makers team up to compete
Shotgun, Tweak, Zync Render, Fabric Engine, and Thinkbox sell multimedia solutions that work with each other. By Kathleen Maher The Shotgun booth at Siggraph keeps getting bigger. This year the company included demonstrations from several companies it works with. Shotgun Software builds pipeline tools, which on the face of it doesn’t sound very sexy for graphics and … [Read more...] about Five M&E software makers team up to compete