10 expert tips for building production-ready lighting macros
Industrial Light & Magic lighting TD Jonathan Wai reveals how to build Katana macros that hold up in real-world movie and TV productions.
Friday, May 15th, 2026
animation
Polygonflow releases free Dash asset manager for Unreal Engine
New free add-on based on the Dash world-building toolset provides a more powerful alternative to UE5's native content browser.
Thursday, May 14th, 2026
Tutorial: Claymation in ZBrush
Discover a ground-breaking workflow for creating claymation-style animation digitally with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Saturday, May 9th, 2026
Royal Render at 25: the industry's artist-first render manager
[Sponsored] Discovery why Binary Alchemy created its intelligent render-management tool - and what's new in its anniversary update.
Friday, May 8th, 2026
Character Control Rig generates rigs for MetaHumans in Blender
Poly Hammer's add-on creates Rigify rigs for MetaHuman characters imported into Blender, and retargets animation from UE5.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
Free tutorial: Race Vehicle Concept Design - Cinematic Rendering
Discover how to animate and render a demo sequence in Blender with The Gnomon Workshop's free intermediate-level video training.
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
Otoy releases OctaneRender 2026.3
Check out the new features in the GPU renderer, including updates to virtual textures, trace sets, and the Neural Radiance Cache.
Friday, April 24th, 2026
CLO Virtual Fashion releases Marvelous Designer 2026.0
New features in the 3D clothing design tool include a 3D Pencil, updates to garment rigging and animation, and glTF support.
Monday, April 20th, 2026
Tutorial: Animating a Dragon Rider for Film & VFX
Discover how to set up, block and refine a movie-quality animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.
Monday, April 20th, 2026
Canva makes motion graphics and animation app Cavalry free
Full Pro version of the 2D animation and motion design tool for Windows and macOS is now free to individual artists for commercial use.
Friday, April 17th, 2026
Maxon ships Cinema 4D 2026.2, unveils Cinema 4D for iPad beta
Check out the new features in Maxon's 3D animation and motion graphics software, and register for the beta of the new iPad edition.
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
You can now use V-Ray free for commercial work in Blender
See the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other pro renderers.
Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Download 480+ free kitbash assets and materials with Cargo 3.0
Check out the changes to KitBash3D and Greyscalegorilla's asset browser, plus the free 3D vehicles, buildings and materials available through it.
Sunday, April 12th, 2026