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Tech Reviews: Storm Simulator, Chaos Vantage 3 & World Creator 2025

Storm: The Simulation Tool The world of dynamic simulations can often feel like a labyrinth of nodes, solvers and compute caches, each with its own...

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 9, 2026

Top 10 Tech Tools of the Year

The speed at which technology is changing is both exhilarating and frightening, largely driven by advances in AI. But even without AI in the...

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 4, 2026

Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, Lending Its Characters to the Sora Platform

In what is seen as a pivotal moment (or Pandora’s Box opening, depending on where you stand) for Hollywood and AI, Disney announced today...

Animation Magazine - December 11, 2025

Chaos Brings Real-Time Rendering to Maya and Houdini

Today, Chaos builds instant feedback into the viewport, connecting Maya and Houdini to Chaos Vantage’s real-time path tracer. Artists can now assess 3D assets...

Animation Magazine - December 10, 2025

Wētā FX Signs MOU with AMD to Explore Development of Next-Generation Tools to Optimize VFX Workflows

Wētā FX (wetafx.co.nz) today announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with AMD to explore development of next-generation rendering and AI tools...

Animation Magazine - December 9, 2025

Tech Reviews: Blender 4.5, Boris FX’s Continuum, JangFX’s IlluGen

Blender 4.5 Blender’s recent release of version 4.5 LTS marks another step forward for the open-source powerhouse, and this one feels particularly polished. Following the...

Todd Sheridan Perry - December 5, 2025

Foundry Introduces Multi-Paint Support for Mari 7.5, Developed in Collaboration with Wētā FX

Creative software developer Foundry today announced Mari 7.5, the latest iteration of its artist-friendly paint toolset that can handle large, detailed assets with high...

Animation Magazine - December 3, 2025

Wētā FX and Amazon Web Services Forge AI VFX Tools Development Pact

Seven-time Academy Award-winning studio Wētā FX and Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced they have agreed to explore development of artificial intelligence (AI) tools applicable...

Animation Magazine - December 1, 2025

How the Wild Child Animation Flock Powered ‘Piripenguins’ Hybrid Style with Unreal

Wild Child Animation is pulling back the curtain on the technical and creative innovations behind Piripenguins, the new children’s comedy created by series director...

Animation Magazine - November 20, 2025

Disney+ Eyes Bringing Generative AI into Subscribers’ Hands

In an earnings call on Thursday, The Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger told investors that the company is looking into ways to bring...

Animation Magazine - November 14, 2025

Epic Games Launches Unreal Engine 5.7

Digital artists working across animation, film & TV production, games, visualization and more will find compelling reasons to update to Unreal Engine 5.7, available now...

Animation Magazine - November 12, 2025

Tech Reviews: SynthEyes 2025, Marvelous Designer & Houdini 21

Boris FX’s SynthEyes 2025.5 Boris FX has rolled out SynthEyes 2025.5, and while it isn’t a complete reinvention of the matchmoving (camera tracking in VFX)...

Todd Sheridan Perry - October 26, 2025