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Scirra, the makers of the popular Construct 3 game engine, have just released a new product in beta form, Construct Animate. Construct Animate is a special version of the Construct 3 game engine specifically for creating 2D animations, which can be exported as web apps, ads or in video form. …
Just one month after the beta release, the popular open source vector graphics based application Inkscape just released Inkscape 1.2. Available for Windows, Mac and Linux, the 1.2 release adds tons of new features and user interface improvements. Highlight features of the 1.2 release include: Inkscape documents can now hold …
EmberGEN is a real-time fluid simulation tool for creating smoke, cloud and flame effects we first looked at in June of 2020. Since we first covered EmberGEN it has received a number of updates and features. EmberGEN is available for Windows only and was developed using the ODIN programming language. …
3D Coat is a popular 3D application for sculpting, polygonal modelling, UVmapping, retopology, rendering and more that recently released version 2022. New features in the 2022.16 release include: -Much Faster Voxel and Surface Sculpting -Autoretopo Improved -New Voxel Brush Engine Added -New Alphas Collection -New Core API -Node System For …
OpenToonz is a free and open source animation software that has been in existence under a number of different names for almost 30 years. OpenToonz is battle tested in production environments including the infamous Studio Ghibli (Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle, etc.) and Rough Draft Studio (Futurama, etc.). OpenToonz was …
Sponza, one of the most famous sample scenes in the world of computer graphics and game engines, just got a massive upgrade thanks to Intel. First released by CryTek all the way back in 2010, Sponza has long been used to showcase graphical and lighting capabilities of game engines since. …
Cascadeur, a unique 3D animation software that first hit beta back in 2020 just released version 2022.1 EA. The EA stands for early access, which mostly just means the software is available with a 50% discount until full release. Cascadeur uses a combination of physics and machine learning to make …
Top popular open source vector based graphics application, Inkscape just released Beta 1.2, the first major release in almost a year. Inkscape is available for free download on Linux, Mac and Windows. The 1.2 beta release is packed with new features, fixes and improvements, including: Inkscape documents can now hold …
New updates of popular 3D packages 3ds Max and Maya 2023 from Autodesk as well as brand new logos for the entire Media & Entertainment product suite have been released. First, the new logos: New Autodesk Logos I’m fairly sure they will be… polarizing. Now in terms of the updates. …
NVIDIA just released the KickstartRT SDK as an easier way to add raytracing functionality to your game engine or game without having to make extensive changes. It is a cross platform open source API that brings real-time ray-traced reflections, shadows, ambient occlusion and global illumination to game engines, without requiring …
