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Ben McEwan – Deconstructing Despill Algorithms
Despilling is arguably the most important step to get right when pulling a key. A great despill can often hide imperfections in your alpha channel & prevents tedious painting to manually fix edges.
benmcewan.com/blog/2018/05/20/understanding-despill-algorithms/
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Artificial Analysis Mochi 1 – an open source text 2 video model
Mochi 1 AI operates on a pay-as-you-go model, meaning you only pay for the services you utilize without any hidden fees.
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Bella – Fast Spectral Rendering
Bella works in spectral space, allowing effects such as BSDF wavelength dependency, diffraction, or atmosphere to be modeled far more accurately than in color space.
https://superrendersfarm.com/blog/uncategorized/bella-a-new-spectral-physically-based-renderer/
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Scans Factory – Unreal 5.4 demo – Rome Walkthrough
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PlanCraft – An assumptions based project schedule generator
https://www.hasielhassan.com/PlanCraft/#about
It helps you create and Open Schedule Format (OSF) JSON file for your projects.
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NoPoSplat – Surprisingly Simple 3D Gaussian Splats from Sparse Unposed Images
A feed-forward model capable of reconstructing 3D scenes parameterized by 3D Gaussians from unposed sparse multi-view images.
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Apple reaches deal to acquire Pixelmator
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/01/apple-reaches-deal-to-acquire-pixelmator
Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval. There will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time.
https://www.pixelmator.com/pro/
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Niantic SPZ – open source, compressed gaussian splats file format
https://scaniverse.com/news/spz-gaussian-splat-open-source-file-format
https://github.com/nianticlabs/spz
• Slashes file sizes by 90% (250MB → 25MB) with virtually zero quality loss
• Lightning-fast uploads/downloads, especially on mobile
• Dramatically reduced memory footprint
• Enables real-time processing right on your phoneTech breakthrough:
• Smart compression of position, rotation, color & scale data
• Column-based organization for maximum efficiency
• Innovative fixed-point quantization & log encodinghttps://www.8thwall.com/products/niantic-studio
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Motionity – The free, open source web-based motion graphics editor for everyone
https://www.producthunt.com/products/motionity
Motionity is an free and open source animation editor in the web. It’s a mix of After Effects and Canva, with powerful features like keyframing, masking, filters, and more, and integrations to browse for assets to easily drag and drop into your video.
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Open Shading Language (OSL) by Larry Gritz
Open Shading Language (OSL) is a small but rich language for programmable shading in advanced renderers and other applications, ideal for describing materials, lights, displacement, and pattern generation.
https://open-shading-language.readthedocs.io/en/main/
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenShadingLanguage
https://github.com/sambler/osl-shaders
Learn OSL in a few minutes
https://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/osl/
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