Chaos’ Chris Nichols explains how Chaos Arena and Chaos Vantage cut out the engine middleman with full ray tracing, open formats, and one asset for all.

KeyShot Studio 2025.3 adds Cryptomatte, OpenPBR, faster AMD GPU rendering, and new workflow tools for lighting, materials, ...

The Houdini Equinox 2025 HIVE recordings are now available online, featuring Houdini 21 tools for destruction, creature CFX, ...

Nevercenter’s Silo 2026.0 adds the “Silo Blender Bridge” plugin letting you edit Blender objects inside Silo and update back ...

Beyond VFX returns on 26 Nov 2025 with a panel on AI ethics in VFX, hosted by ICE.ART and VES Megabrain. Free registration via linktr.ee/VESxICE.

Real Creations expands its After Effects toolkit: easyRulers 2, LoadUP 1.7 and keyboardFX 1.5 deliver simple but effective motion tools for UI and animation.

Lost Marble’s Moho 14.4 “Side Quest” links 2D animation with game engines via glTF export, plus Smart Bones in 360°, smarter particles, and smoother strokes.

The Blender Foundation is launching Blender Lab, a new sandbox for prototyping features in Blender, aimed at faster iteration, acedemic research and development.

ARRI’s new OpenFX plugin Film Lab emulates analog film’s grain, halation, and weave in real time for any camera. Free trial now via RE:Vision Effects.

Nuke 17 Beta modernises its 3D system, adds a Variable framework and revamped annotation tools: compositors can now test them all.

Xencelabs launches the Pen Display 16 Lite, a 12 mm, 1.2 kg 4K OLED tablet with Super AG Etching and EMR pen support. The device targets mobile artists who need wide-gamut color accuracy on the go, wi ...

All CEUM 2025 recordings are now online. The CityEngine User Meeting covers procedural-city workflows, ArcGIS-based planning pipelines, and fresh Python 3 support — a compact update for anyone working ...