Unity gets Wētā's Hollywood VFX tools, and "assisted artistry"

[rand thompson]

BY CreativeBloq


Article
https://www.creativebloq.com/news/unity-weta-tools-available-to-everyone

 

[Zack Birlew]

My brother and I have been talking about this as we're wondering why all of these great tools and time saving plugins aren't making their way to 3D animation software like Autodesk Maya, why is it always 3DS Max, Cinema 4D, or Blender when Maya has often been the high end software of choice? Now Unreal Engine has become a major tool for virtual production and VFX creation and Unity has joined the party with this announcement and pretty soon I wonder how much longer the usual 3D software paradigm will even last. Even the 3D magazines have basically switched to being "Blender 3D magazines" instead of providing general tutorials for all software. Subscription models were already pretty bad but now free software models are making a case with licensing charges sitting in the terms like a legal trap that could flip at any minute once enough people start using them professionally.

If announcements like this are anything, it's a wake up call for 3D software companies to start innovating as the game engines are eating their lunch and soon will have their dinner as well if they progress any more. Aside from that, as an artist, I can't deny that I'm eager to see what happens when adding these new tools to our workflow, they may not be ready to take over all of our processes but anything that saves time in VFX post is welcome.

 

[rand thompson]

Zack,


I must admit that this article was beyond me. So i'm glad that this appears to be exciting news for you whom this will benefit.