Animation


  • Untold Studios Raises the Visual Bar with Collaborative Cloud Workflows

    Innovation runs in Untold Studios’ DNA. The world’s first fully cloud-based creative studio strives to provide an environment where happy accidents are welcome, even encouraged. This ethos has helped the company attract diverse talent and break new ground in animation and visual effects (VFX). Since launching in 2018, the studio set out to deliver world-class…


  • Render Colorful, Life-Like Results With Updates to Arnold

    Autodesk is focused on helping you deliver highest-quality production values and improve pipeline flexibility and scalability. With Arnold 7.2 and 7.2.1, you can enjoy native support for Apple silicon in Maya as well as stregthened USD and MaterialX support. Plus, a new distance shader and enhancements to color management workflows in 3ds Max empower you…


  • 3ds Max 2023.3 Update Sword in the Stone image courtesy of Lucas Maxfield

    Produce your best work with 3ds Max.

    Create stunning visuals in 3ds Max with enhanced rendering tools, increased import/export synchronization, speed improvements and more. The new Organic Noise OSL map paired with the new 2D & 3D Randomizer OSL maps enhances the look of your scenes – bridging the divide between fiction and reality. Additionally, speed improvements to polygon mesh to triangle…


  • Maya 2023.3 Update - Baby Stingray image courtesy of Olga Dannik

    Supercharge your workflow with Maya

    Maya brings enhanced tools so you can focus on your most important tasks and devote time on being creative. New options for controlling Proximity Wrap driver behaviour enable you to stay productive, while new settings for manipulating left-drag behaviour help reduce friction points in your workflow. Maya also comes with latest version of the USD…


  • Arnold 7.1.4 Update Muffloise image courtesy of Nicolas Morel

    Solutions in the Arnold 7.1.4 Update

    Optimize Your Rendering with Arnold In this update, Arnold brings new and improved volume rendering controls, support for more features in Hydra and USD, and a slew of enhancements to help you render high-quality 3D images faster. Native Support for Apple CPUs Arnold now natively supports running on Apple M-series CPUs, such as the M1…


  • Defender of Slow loris image courtesy of Olga Dannik

    Power your creative vision with Maya

    Maya brings new ways for you to channel your creativity with enhanced tools and integrations. New Boolean operations increase workflow productivity, and Vertex Color enhancements give you better visual feedback for objects. Maya also continues to build on its USD integration for a more seamless experience across teams. Solutions in the Maya 2023.2 Update Animation…


  • 3ds Max 2023.2 Refraction Image courtesy of Vadim Sadovski

    Realize your creative ambitions with 3ds Max

    3ds Max brings modern solutions so you can realize your creative ambitions. The new Array modifier allows for easy customization of assets, and Editable Poly retriangulation updates give you better topology results. 3ds Max also continues to build on its animation capabilities so you can iterate faster.  Solutions in the 3ds Max 2023.2 Update New Array…


  • Arnold 7.1.3 Update Clouds image courtesy of Lee Griggs

    Solutions in the Arnold 7.1.3 Update

    In this update, Arnold continues to provide you with the latest rendering support and capabilities. This update brings new and improved rendering controls and support for more features in Hydra and USD. Arnold also provides an updated scene converted for 3ds Max as well as optimization and bug fixes, giving you a more seamless experience…


  • Unlock new artistic possibilities with 3ds Max

    Unlock new levels of speed, efficiency, and creativity with 3ds Max. This update brings improvements to popular modifiers like Turbosmooth, Chamfer, and Spline; a new Spline Extrude functionality to increase productivity; significant performance improvements that accelerate your animation workflow; and more. Solutions in the 3ds Max 2023.1 Update: Spline Extrude Spline objects are an important…


  • Maya 2023.1 Rascal Image courtesy of Kevin Beckers. Original design by Michaela Martin.

    Channel your creativity with enhanced tools in Maya

    Maya brings new ways for you to channel your creativity with enhanced tools and integrations. New Boolean operations increase workflow productivity, and Vertex Color enhancements give you better visual feedback for objects. Maya also continues to build on its USD integration for a more seamless experience across teams. Solutions in the Maya 2023.1 Update New…