New Krita 5.0 released.

Here's some good news for graphic artists, see the official website.

Published 23rd December, 2021

Krita 5.0 is here!

This is a huge release, with a lot of new features and improvements. Some highlights:

The way Krita handles things like brushes, gradients and palettes, as well as tagging, has been completely revamped. The new system is much faster, uses much less memory and is much more dependable!

Gradients have been improved: they are much more smoothed and can handle wider gamuts.

The smudge brush engine has been completely rewritten, and we’ve got a new brush engine, based on MyPaint

The Animation system has been overhauled, with both user interface improvements and new features, such as clone frames and animated transform masks

Krita now has a built-in storyboard editor!

There’s a recorder to create a video out of your painting sessions

In the last video on the official channel you can see how they worked in the past on some new improvements ...

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Bruce Lee Crossover from Epic Games.

News : CopperCube 6.5 released.

CopperCube 6.5 was just released for Windows and Mac on 2 December 2021.

You can see all new changes on the official webpage.

You can see a good video from the Gamefromscratch youtube channel.

News : Blender release version 3.0 .

Today, 3December 2021, Blender Foundation announces the release of Blender 3.0, to mark the beginning of a new era for open source 2D/3D content creation.

You can see all features reel showcase on the oficial youtube channel:

The Captain from Epic Games.

Find your way home across the galaxy in this excellent comedy adventure game by our friends at Sysiac Games. Every encounter along the way has multiple endings. Collect new friends. Make new enemies! The decisions are all up to you. You are... The Captain!

See the official trailer from youtube channel:

News : The new NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar technology platform.

NVIDIA today announced NVIDIA Omniverse Avatar, a technology platform for generating interactive AI avatars. Omniverse Avatar connects the company’s technologies in speech AI, computer vision, natural language understanding, recommendation engines and simulation technologies. Avatars created in the platform are interactive characters with ray-traced 3D graphics that can see, speak, converse on a wide range of subjects, and understand naturally spoken intent.

News : Fortnite comes with new features from Dune book.

Fortnite game developers come up with news for classic science fiction lovers from the book Dune.

OUTFITS

• Paul Atreides Outfit: Beyond fear, his destiny awaits. (Comes with an alt masked Style)
• Chani Outfit: A powerful Fremen warrior and skilled survivalist.

ACCESSORIES

• Ornithopter Glider: Multi-winged attack ship
• Fremkit Back Bling: Essential for survival in the harsh desert world of Dune.
• Chani's Satchel Back Bling: Chani's personal Fremkit.
• Sand Walk Emote: Walk like Arrakis natives.
• Twin blades Pickaxe: The weapon of choice for an Atreides warrior
• Maker Hooks Pickaxe: A Fremen hook used to ride sandworms

Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine...

News : The piskelapp online will shotdown.

The piskelapp online tool will be closed.

Important notice : Piskel accounts are going away, the editor stays. New accounts can no longer be created after August 1st 2021. Existing accounts will be deleted after January 1st 2022. Please backup your data before this date. See the Accounts Shutdown page for more details (collapse this message)

News: ... the winners of the 2021 Epic MegaJam from Unreal Engine.

News from Unreal Engine ...

It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for—it’s time to announce the winners of the 2021 Epic MegaJam. While it hasn’t been easy selecting the finalists and modifier winners due to the sheer amount of talent and inspiration on display, it has been a privilege to play every one of your wonderful creations. Now, join us as we showcase the winning games and celebrate all that you have accomplished in only seven days!

News: Sherlock Holmes Chapter One on Epic Games.

If you like books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle then this game can be a good idea for you.

Exploit enemy weaknesses to arrest them, leave a trail of dead bodies behind you... or skip gunfights whatsoever! Play the game as you want. Preorder Sherlock Holmes Chapter One on Epic Games Store and get a free copy of Sherlock Holmes Crimes & Punishments!

News : Nvidia in the field of health.

The simulations revealed and helped solve various problems. Image processing is very complex for the human brain, which is why dedicated applications are used. An example in the field of health and graphic processing.

They show us and explain the implications in using these technical possibilities:

AstraZeneca is powering modern #machinelearning (ML) and AI to accelerate drug discovery with Cambridge-1, training models to learn the grammar of chemistry, and processing whole slide digital pathology images.

News : Blender 3.0 Alpha version.

A short intro from the official youtube channel of askNK.

You can download and test it from here.

Let's see this video.

Spiritfarer game from Epic Games.

This cartoon game seems to be a fantastic game for those gamers who like stories.

The Beverly Update is Spiritfarer's second big content update. It introduces the new Spirit character Beverly and adds new buildings for your boat, new collectible items, and a plethora of Quality of Life improvements!

News : Unity comes with LookDev Studio.

... most people love this game engine, today a new feature comes to show us how good is this game engine. you can see also another character named FIA.

Artists – no matter their expertise – need a place to quickly import, iterate on, and refine their art.

You can find a source code with this project on the GitHub website.

News : Aaron Blaise new book.

Aaron Blaise is an American painter, animator, film director and art instructor. He is known for his work on Brother Bear, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast. He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film for the Brother Bear. see wikipedia.

Now, you can buy The Art of Aaron Blaise: Vol. 1 (Book) for a price of 45$ from this webpage.

The book is Hard Cover and comes with 200 Pages (or more) of High Quality Images.

News : Sketchfab August Challenge: Treasure Chest.

The challenge can be found on the official webpage.

This month we challenge you to create a treasure chest—but not just any treasure chest. Make it unique, make it interesting, make it tell a story. Consider what your treasure chest is made of, where it has been, what treasure it contains, and what the future has in store for it. Creativity is key.

Prizes First Place:

• $300
• 6 months of Sketchfab Pro
• Framed print of the winning entry

Second Place

• $200
• 3 months of Sketchfab Pro

Third Place

• $100
• 1 month of Sketchfab Pro

See the example bellow:

Spanish chest with Aztec's crystal skulls by Dobrosav.cg on Sketchfab

News : Star Citizen: Alpha 3.14 - Welcome to Orison.

New action-packed dynamic events, a new ship, game-changing improvements in the cockpit, and an all-new Landing Zone among the clouds. Welcome to Alpha 3.14. Welcome to Orison. Roberts Space Industries is a spacecraft manufacturer within the persistent-world game "Star Citizen" and its companion single-player spaceflight sim, "Squadron 42." RSI is also your portal for information, updates, and purchases of your very own spacecraft with which to trade, plunder, and protect the citizens of Star Citizen.

News : Poly was shut down ...

Poly was shut down on June 30, 2021. What does this mean for you? The ability to download assets was disabled on June 30, 2021. The ability to upload new 3D models on poly.google.com was disabled on April 30, 2021.

See the official website from Google.

News : Three.js comes with new features.

I did not follow Three.js closely so this news is older.

Three.js is a cross-browser JavaScript library and application programming interface used to create and display animated 3D computer graphics in a web browser using WebGL. The source code is hosted in a repository on GitHub..., see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three.js

The last relese was 20 days agom see the GitHub webpage.

You can see a FBX model with animations on this online demo.

Huion contest : Your ideal world.

Theme of this conquest is: Your ideal world.

There are always some sparking moments around us, which form our daily life and thus shape our world. What is your ideal moment? It can be a moment when you glimpse the sunset while driving or your cat is napping and waiting at the doorway. What is your ideal life? Life that strives for excellence, or you prefer to spend the whole weekend in your cozy little room. What is your ideal world? A more eco-friendly world, or a world without divided and discrimination. This world is now in your hand. Draw it down! Huion is holding a drawing contest as we would love to see your drawings of your ideal world.

Entries must be conceived and completed by the participants AFTER the official start date (July 20th, 2021) and submitted to huion.com BEFORE 23:59, 59 PDT, September 5th 2021.

1. Submission: 2021.07.20 00:00 — 2021.09.05 23:59;
2. Judgement Phrase: 2021.09.06 00:00 — 2021.09.13 23:59;
3. Winner Announcement: 2021.09.14 00:00;

See the official webpage.