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ICE.ART 2026.II Opens Registration

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Golaem opens Houdini and Unreal bridges

Autodesk has published Golaem’s Houdini and Unreal cache bridges under Apache 2.0, with procedural loading, Layout edits and no geometry bake.

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Mixos paints PBR in the browser

Browser-based PBR painter Mixos supports mesh imports, layer masking, 4K paid exports and a 2,669-material CC0 library.

Resolve 21 Manual Reaches 4,443 Pages

Blackmagic’s updated Resolve 21 reference manual documents editing, colour, Fusion, Fairlight, codecs, APIs and delivery across 4,443 pages.

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