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Thepopular Particle Illusion software for creating particle effects, currently reborn as a plug-in of the Boris Continuumsuite, is now also offered as a free standalone application for Windows and macOS! Although it doesn't include the same toolset as the paid plug-in (e.g. Mocha motion tracking technology; full feature comparison here), it offers unlimited emitter, particle, force field and deflector counts, hardware acceleration, rendering up to 8K resolution, ProRes support and over 2500 templates. Download here.

Thenew update for DaVinci Resolve brings faster decoding of media from Canon EOS-1D X Mark III and EOS R5 using the Apple Metal interface, corrected slow playback of (some) ARRIRAW media, ACES IDT support for ARRI MXF media, support for Dolby Vision CM 4.1 (allowing e.g. to export XML in 2.9 format from v4 projects), and a number of fixes in the Fairlight section (track cloning, trimming, etc.). Integrated and standalone version of Fusion Studio 16.2.3 compositing application fixes masking in Text+ module, working with gradients, wrong preview in some LUT and image formats and other bugs. Download here.

Thefirst in a series of videos describing the new features of Grass Valley EDIUS X is here with Czech subtitles:

Thefifth version of the popular rendering plug-in for 3ds Max includes, among other things, Layer Compositing and Light Mix technologies in the V-Ray Frame Buffer (VFB) section. Light Mix allows you to set light parameters interactively, without the need for rendering: you are allowed to change the color and intensity of any light source! Layer Compositor is then used to quickly post-produce shots in the VFB panel in a non-destructive way, without the help of external applications.

V-Ray 5 also implements seven new material-related features including a new material management system and over 500 material presets - from metals, plastics and glass to common hair colors. Also new are randomization functions for quick and easy material modification. For repetitive textures, Stochastic Texture Tiling can now be used to reduce repetitive artifacts.

A brief comparison of the basic Blackmagic Design ATEM overhead