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SMPTE Opens Its Standards Library

SMPTE has opened its complete standards catalogue, giving engineers and developers free access to current and future documents.
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O3DE 26.05 Gets Native Particles

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MPC Joins The Mill

MPC and The Mill become one global studio, combining commercial production and film VFX under The Mill name.
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