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ZEISS Opens BETA Registration for CinCraft Virtual Lens T...

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ZEISS announces an open call for the closed BETA testing phase of CinCraft Virtual Lens Technology, the innovative digital tool that brings authentic lens characteristics to compositing and visual effects workflows. This pre-release BETA program invi...

Submitted by Lewis Communications

Published 16 October 2025

How PFX Delivered 750 VFX Shots in Just Four Months For A...

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Since 2012, VES Award-winning studio PFX has delivered visual effects for projects from “Napoleon” to “Stranger Things,” but a thriller set inside a car is a first. For the new feature “Locked,” 75 PFX artists created 750 unique VFX shots in just fou...

Submitted by Liaison

Published 30 April 2025

Chaos Launches Arena a New Way to Create Virtual Producti...

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Today, Chaos launches Chaos Arena, a new tool that saves Hollywood millions of dollars by removing the biggest costs of virtual production. With Arena, artists can bypass game engines completely, using their normal pipeline to put ray-traced 3D conte...

Published 24 March 2025

Chaos Releases V-Ray 7 for Maya and Houdini

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Today, Chaos launches V-Ray 7 for Maya and V-Ray 7 for Houdini with new features that accelerate everything from fast 3D environment creation to production shading. Whether it’s integrating real-world scenes with fully ray-traced CG or harnessing GPU...

Published 29 January 2025

Chaos New Short Has an Answer for Hollywood VFX Problems

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Today, Chaos releases Ray Tracing FTW, a new short film that takes aim at the state of VFX and filmmaking — from an artist’s point of view. More than an airing of grievances, the comedic short is the first major test for Project Arena, a virtual prod...

Published 12 September 2024

Maxon Celebrates Artistic Excellence at IBC 2024

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Maxon, maker of powerful, approachable software solutions for content creators working in 2D and 3D design, motion graphics, visual effects, and more, is excited to announce its participation in the 2024 IBC Show (Hall 7, Stand A27). From September 1...

Published 22 August 2024

ZEISS CinCraft Scenario Camera Tracking Now Compatible wi...

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Scenario 2.0 introduces pre-calibrated lens templates and the Lens Template Finetuner, increasing flexibility and compability while also saving a great amount of time. CinCraft Export 1.0, released at the same time, makes recorded tracking data ready...

Submitted by Lewis Communications

Published 23 May 2024

Chaos Releases V-Ray 6 Benchmark

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Chaos releases V-Ray 6 Benchmark, updating the free standalone application to help users quickly evaluate V-Ray rendering speeds and compare the capabilities of leading CPUs and GPUs. V-Ray 6 Benchmark adds new looping capabilities and GPU mode compa...

Published 15 May 2024

Maxon One Spring 2024 Release Packs Particle Power and Mo...

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Maxon, developers of professional software solutions for editors, filmmakers, motion designers, visual effects artists, and creators of all types, today announced a game-changing update to Maxon One.  Motion designers, broadcasters, VFX artists, a...

Published 10 April 2024

Maxon Release Offers Apple M3 Optimization Streamlined Wo...

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Maxon, developers of professional software solutions for editors, filmmakers, motion designers, visual effects artists, and creators of all types, today announced updates to several products included in the Maxon One subscription.  This month’s re...

Published 21 February 2024

Chaos Joins Alliance for OpenUSD

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Chaos, one of the world’s largest 3D visualization companies, joins the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD), an organization dedicated to fostering the standardization, development, evolution and growth of OpenUSD (Universal Scene Description) – an open-sou...

Published 14 December 2023

V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Update 2 Adds MaterialX Support to Co...

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Today, Chaos launches V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max, update 2, with new and enhanced support for some of VFX’s most popular file standards. With new support for MaterialX, artists can now complete their USD pipeline, enabling smooth rendering and shader exchan...

Published 01 December 2023

ZEISS Acquires Camera Tracking Pioneer Ncam Technologies

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Ncam’s hybrid tracking technology complements ZEISS’ cinema product portfolio Oberkochen, Germany, July 18: ZEISS has acquired UK-based camera tracking pioneer Ncam Technologies Ltd. With this acquisition, ZEISS is expanding its technology portfol...

Submitted by Lewis Communications

Published 18 July 2023

VFX Shots for Biopic Marinette Captured with URSA Mini Pr...

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Blackmagic Design today announced that the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K digital film camera was used to shoot VFX scenes on Virginie Verrier's biopic feature film “Marinette.” Filmed in early 2022, the film tells the story of Marinette Pichon, a p...

Submitted by Blackmagic design

Published 10 July 2023

HPA Awards Opens Call for Creative Entries

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New recognition for outstanding restoration, color grading and VFX for animation The 2023 Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards call for entries for creative categories opened today. Submissions will be accepted until July 28, 2023.  Cha...

Published 02 June 2023