Friday, October 24th, 2025Posted by Jim ThackerFoundry releases Flix 8.0html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"Foundry has released Flix 8.0, the latest version of its heavyweight story development software for animation and visual effects production.The update adds a new Storyboard Pro extension, making it possible to send individual storyboard panels back and forth between Flix and Toon Booms storyboarding software.A new Shots UI streamlines the process of roundtripping between Flix and Storyboard Pro or editorial.A collaborative hub for story developmentOriginally developed in-house at Sony Pictures Imageworks, Flix is intended to enable directors, producers and editors to work collaboratively with artists during story development.The platform provides a central repository for storyboard images scanned in or created in other software primarily Photoshop and Storyboard Pro complete with version management.Flix processes and packages those images, converting them to the size and aspect ratio required for the production, and exporting them as automatically generated storyboards.For generating animatics, Flix supports roundtripping with Media Composer and Premiere Pro, plus native tools for timing an image sequence to an audio track or recording voiceovers.The previous release, Flix 7.0, also restored Flixs integration with Maya, bridging the gap between 2D storyboarding and 3D shot layout.The software is split into two separate applications, central server-side hub Flix Server, plus a local client application, Flix Client, used by the artists themselves.Flix 8.0: new Storyboard Pro extension and workflow improvementsNew features in Flix 8.0 include a dedicated Storyboard Pro extension.It makes it possible to send individual storyboard panels back and forth between the two applications, streamlining workflow.In addition, a new Shots UI streamlines the process of roundtripping with Storyboard Pro or editorial tools. Other workflow changes include a new Sequence Ingest UI, showing the progress of the file ingest process in real time, and major improvements to drag-and-drop workflows.Price and system requirementsFlix 8.0 Server is compatible with Rocky Linux 9. Flix 7.1 Client is compatible with Windows 11 and macOS 15.0. The software is subscription-only, and is priced on enquiry.Read an overview of the new features in Flix on Foundrys product websiteFind a full list of new features in Flix 8.0 in the online release notesHave your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we dont post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.Latest NewsFoundry releases Flix 8.0Check out the new features in Foundry's heavyweight story development software for VFX and feature animation.Friday, October 24th, 2025Volinga Plugin Pro lets you relight 3DGS data inside Unreal EngineNew UE5 plugin is a 'major leap' in 3D Gaussian Splatting workflows for VFX and virtual production. Check out its key features.Friday, October 24th, 2025Huion unveils $1,399 24-inch 4K Kamvas Pro 24 (Gen 3) pen displayAffordable 24-inch pen display for professional 2D and 3D artists supports 10-point multi-touch and 16,384 levels of pressure sensitivity.Thursday, October 23rd, 2025Fluid Flow lets you paint lava and sand into Blender ScenesCheck out Blender Procedurals' interesting new lightweight real-time multiphysics add-on for motion graphics and animation work.Thursday, October 23rd, 2025Get 120 free 3D construction site props for games and visualizationEnvironment artist Marcos 'Brasileirisses' Frazao's Construction Props Unreal Engine asset package is free on Fab for two weeks.Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025Which CG applications natively support Windows on ARM?Check out our list of CG tools that can - or soon will - harness the Snapdragon processors in Copilot+ PCs, from Affinity Photo to ZBrush.Tuesday, October 21st, 2025More NewsOrange Turbine releases Retopoflow 4.0 for BlenderOpen 3D Foundation releases O3DE 2025.10Sneak peek: GPU-accelerated smoke and fire in NeXusApple unveils its new M5 chipUnreal Engine 5.7: five key features for CG artistsChaos releases Vantage 3.0Check out comparative animal anatomy reference tool AnastomiaAtlux 2 puts a virtual 3D scanning studio in Unreal EngineGet standalone GPU FLIP fluid solver Storm HydroFX free in betaScene Group releases Cavalry 2.5Why has Serif stopped selling its Affinity software?Trimble releases SketchUp 2026.0Older Posts