HOUDINI 12 Released

After 3 Sneak Peek videos finally, Side Effects Software has released of their most anticipating "Houdini 13" which introduces a finite element solver, a new multi-threaded particle architecture and a new lighting workflow .
  

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Houdini 13:Sneak Peek(UPDATED)

 Side Effects has released the first sneak peek teaser of Houdini 13.

Houdini 13 Sneak Peek #1

Nuke 8 :Sneak Peek

Nuke 8 is coming

  The foundry has announces Nuke 8 with the Sneak Preview at IBC conference.

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Fusion 6.31 is now available for download

Eyeon Software now officially shipping Fusion 6.31.

Fusion 6.31

Here's a list of what's new in this build:

• New Manual and Help system 
• New video training pages
• Expanded Deep Channels - forward & back vector and disparity
• Multi-Channel viewer
• Rotoscoping export (SSF) updated including animation & double polyline 
• RED HDRI Modes and Multi track support
• Jpeg 2000 loading and saving
• Vector and disparity loading and saving from EXR files
• Expanded Fuse scripting and OpenCL 1.2 support
• Enhancements to Timeline feature set
• Updated spline controls and shaping
• Optimization to QuickTime handling
     
Plus 100's of other features, big and small.

Download the latest version 6.31 here.

Autodesk Maya 2012 Service Pack 2-Released

Autodesk finally released the Maya 2012 Service Pack 2. The new service pack 2 includes several important fixes.

Eyeon now shipping Fusion 6.3

 

Eyeon Software now officially shipping Fusion 6.3.Fusion's GPU-accelerated architecture and OpenCL supercomputing, as exemplified by the deep image volume technology, offers state-of-the-art VFX software advancements with this latest edition.

Whats new in Fusion 6.3

New Primatte 5 

Primatte 5 provides vastly improved Auto Compute and Background color selection, background lighting adjustment, and hybrid rendering.

Volumetric Lighting

One of the most requested features within the Volume Fog Tool has been volumetric lighting. Adjusting 3D scenes within Fusion’s real time deep volume system and integrating the volumes directly into images with the World Position Pass tool provide an unsurpassed methodology for controlling light samples, scattering, asymmetry, and density. These volumes can be generated inside Fusion or imported via EXR

Color Science
Advances in color handling and new color tools in version 6.3 make color matching, profiling, and working with diverse cameras and Digital Intermediate systems seamless.

Lens Distortion

With the importing of data and a number of various lens models, the Lens Distort tool implements the 3D equalizer lens distortion model to invert or undistort an image. The data can then be imported into Fusion for the most accurate results.

AlphaDivide and AlphaMultiply

Very simple tools that do just what their name suggests; dividing or multiplying the incoming image by its AlphaChannel.

Reversible Brightness/Contrast

Brightness/Contrast can now reverse its operations. Clipping is always done after any image adjustment, whether performing forward or reverse processing.

AJA Kona Support
AJA Kona 3G playback support, including 4k and 48fps playback.

 

Read more about What's New in Fusion 6.3 here.

Download the latest version 6.3 here.

MARI 1.3 is now available!

The Foundry  releases Mari  1.3 loaded with  new greats features  to help keep your painting creative whilst helping with workflow and pipeline pain.


WHAT'S NEW IN MARI 1.3?

•    Ptex - Per-Face Texture Mapping
Ptex allows you to paint and render models without having to spend time creating complicated UV maps - hooray! It gives the artist complete freedom providing access to texture resolution where and when they need it. In MARI each model face can have textures of up to 8k pixels square - a canvas that will never run out. Our Ptex support is built on MARI's world-class data and rendering engine and draws directly from Walt Disney Animation Studios' paint technology following a ground-breaking agreement with The Foundry.

Download Autodesk Maya 2012(updated)

Here is a good news Guys  Autodesk  release the  trials for Autodesk 2012 products , now you can download the  Autodesk Maya 2012 trial

New Features in  Autodesk  Maya 2012
Autodesk® Maya® 3D animation software:

• Viewport 2.0 enhancements
• Node-based render passes
• New editable motion trails
• Sequencer enhancements
• Substance procedural textures