CG Channel

Houdini

Watch tech breakdowns of award-winning projects from students at the leading CG school, like this Alien: Romulus-inspired Houdini simulation.

Monday, September 14th, 2026

Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to new real-time render engine Redshift Live.

Thursday, September 10th, 2026

Free update to the 3D compositing app adds new Krokodove motion graphics tools, and updates to deep compositing and lens correction.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2026

Discover how the VFX studio used UE5 from previs through to post to create the CG environments for the natural history documentary series.

Friday, September 4th, 2026

Check out the specs for Apple's 'most powerful chip ever', and see how it performs in CG applications like Nuke and Redshift.

Wednesday, August 26th, 2026

See a VFX breakdown for the Victorian era mystery drama, from subtle invisible effects to sequences visualizing Enola's thoughts.

Thursday, August 20th, 2026

Discover how the studio created custom solvers to attach CG barnacles to the surface of the Sirens for the fantasy TV series.

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026

VFX Supervisor Anders Nyman reveals how the unsettling creature from the TV series was created via a mix of practical and CG effects.

Friday, August 14th, 2026

Games artist Adrian Melian's tool rigs and skins characters and exports USD files for use in Maya, UE5 or Blender. Free to indie artists.

Thursday, August 6th, 2026

Add-ons for loading caches from the Maya crowd simulation add-on now available under an Apache 2.0 license, alongside Golaem 9.3.2.

Monday, August 3rd, 2026

Latest open-source version of the production renderer used on movies like The Bad Guys 2 adds work-in-progress MaterialX support.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2026

See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including native MaterialX and Cryptomatte support in RenderMan XPU.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2026

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.

Tuesday, July 28th, 2026