Digital Frontier has releases a free plugin for importing files in the Alembic format into 3ds Max.

For the complex creature rendering challenges of BBC series “Merlin,” boutique London VFX house Vine turns to Solid Angle's powerful Arnold renderer.

Major redesign of Autodesk flagship VFX software includes robust visual effects and color grading toolset.

Newest plug-ins from Red Giant and CrumplePop partnership capture looks from old 8mm, 16mm films and classic plastic cameras, directly inside FCP X timeline.

NATPE President & CEO Rod Perth announces that prominent investor Mark Cuban will serve as the opening keynote speaker at the organization’s milestone 50th anniversary market and conference.

The inaugural edition of The World Animated Feature Films and VFX Summit kicks off October 28-30 at the California Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, CA.

e frontier's “Shade 3D for Unity” software will be free and available through the Mac App Store November 2012

Creative studio Trollbäck + Company introduces its latest app, Step, the ultimate stop motion and timelapse camera.

Thinkbox Software launches Cinelab, a new video-editing app for Windows 8 devices.

e-on software announced the formal unveiling of its upcoming Vue 11 product line - scheduled for release November, 2012.

Aspera announces the opening of an Asian regional office in Singapore.

NVIDIA VGX K2 enables designers to work anywhere, on any device, while accessing the performance of a workstation.

3D cable channel 3Net launches an in-house production company to make original 3D content.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences grants a 2012 Primetime Engineering Emmy to Storyboard Pro, Toon Boom’s flagship storyboarding software.

Pixar Animation Studios simultaneously released RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and RenderMan Studio 4.0.

Valve announced the first Software titles have launched via Steam, marking a major expansion to the platform known as a leading destination for PC and Mac games.

As part of the China Onscreen Biennial (COB) program, the Academy will present the west coast 3D premiere of the Chinese animated classic, “The Monkey King: Uproar In Heaven.”

DI facility teams with Sony Pictures Imageworks to ready 3D animated feature for theatrical release.

Toon Boom Animation and Bento Box Entertainment (BBE) combine their expertise to develop an exclusive and state-of-the-art digital animation production pipeline uniquely designed for Bento Box’s production on prime-time animated television series.

MAXON announced worldwide availability of a free, fully functional, Student Edition of CINEMA 4D R14.