You can read all about all the new features of Blender 4.0 at their web site.
It is amazing that this open source software keeps getting better and better, and it even gets used on features and for high end because it is that powerful of a tool. I just wish their was something like this for video editing.
From BIGFILMS on YouTube.
Here is ZoeDepth online.
This is really so cool! I would love to see a version of this that can run locally on your computer. It isn’t magic, but this really is amazing. You can give some real depth to a still photo, which really gives done zing to your stills!
And the new rage is motion stills, so this is very cool. And this should allow something different than straight cutouts of layers.
I can’t wait until there is a version of this you can run on your own computer, just can’t trust a web site for production timelines. Lets hope this becomes a plugin, or is integrated into After Effects!
This is amazing!
I was watching a video with some VFX guys talking about working on their videos and they talked about this plug-in for After Effects, and was thoroughly impressed. Now it is subscription based, so you will likely only get it when you need it.
Very interesting, I still love 3D, even without the ability to see 3D at home, and a wife who gets violently ill from 3D. Can’t wait until they get 3D without glasses, especially for a glasses wearer!
Robert K. Baggs at Fstoppers has a report that Adobe is removing all 3D features from Photoshop.
I guess this was inevitable with Adobe creating a second revenue stream for it’s 3D apps, but it is complete horseshit. Removing features that we have had for years so Adobe can make more money is beyond crap. Adobe should include everything in it’s one subscription.
Adobe just announced the new Adobe Substance 3D Tools, though for those excited to try them out, they are not included in Creative Cloud, and are instead a separate subscription. Can you say, WTF!
You get Substance 3D Stager to put models together, material and light a 3D scene to produce virtual photographs and renderings, which sounds like a high end version of Adobe Dimension (which is in Creative Cloud).
You get Substance 3D Painter to paint textures and materials on a 3D Object.
Substance 3D Sampler to create materials and textures with a photo.
And Substance 3D Designer to create your own textures, materials and models.
There is also a Substance 3D Asset Library and a private Beta of Substance 3D Modeler.
I know companies love there subscriptions, and that 3D programs are getting really high subscription prices, but this should have been included in Creative Cloud. Of course I also think it should be more than creating stills as 3D motion product shots would be amazing to be able to make quickly and well.
Coming Soon to After Effects Beta – New ways to work with 3D
Discover these new 3D tools to help you navigate in 3D space better and faster, including improved camera features and 3D Transform Gizmos. pic.twitter.com/CXpef2DNo7
— Adobe Video & Motion (@AdobeVideo) September 15, 2020
Awesome After Effects is updating it’s 3D tools, and looks like it is a borrowing from C4D which can only be good. The 3D tools have always been way too basic, and this could be a huge improvement.
VFXER has a great new review of the new Zaxwerks ProAnimator 8. It is a good review and does the comparisons with Element 3D and Cinema 4D.
Here is the first video from Zaxwerks on new features. And it seems that the newest feature is speed, as they say fast many many many times in the video! And it does look fast even with Ray Tracing turned on, which Element 3D cannot do.
And the Shadows sounds great, as you don’t get shadows from Element 3D, and it includes Lens Flares and Lighting Rigs within the plug in (or stand alone app) which you need Optical Flares to do this with Element 3D.
Honestly I had written off 3D Invigorator Pro as soon as I tried out Element 3D, as it was just so much easier to use and more powerful and quick. And I like how Element 3D integrates the 3D so well into After Effects 3D world (which it looks like it still does better), but this version is the first to impress me in a while. The biggest issue for me is price. $399 is more than basic Element 3D and Optical Flares from VideoCopilot. And even the $149 upgrade price seems a bit steep. And I don’t know that I need it now that I have element 3D and can use Cinema 4D within after effects. Still looks like the upgrade they should have done long ago!
Ronen Bekrman has a tutorial on doing realistic 3D cloth. Pretty fantastic stuff!