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Gnomon ships five-hour Maya lighting masterclass

March 17, 2014 | 1 comment

Frederic Durand's Direct Illumination in Maya and mental ray offers an advanced guide to CG lighting tools. Read More »
Tutorials: better lighting effects in 3ds Max

December 27, 2012

Read Jamie Cardoso's guides to creating custom IES light webs and fixing glitches with self-illumination. Read More »

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See sand, sugar and snow simulated stylishly in Sandy

Check out these cool videos of granular materials, created in a new work-in-progress simulation system. Read more »

July 28, 2014
Check system performance with BlenchMark

Free Blender-based benchmarking tool tests both CPU and GPU and reports results to a central website. Read more »

July 28, 2014
Download 165 new Xfrog 3D plant models for free

Get 36 plants, trees and shrubs in a range of common formats, including OBJ, 3DS, plus Vue and Terragen. Read more »

July 25, 2014 | 1 comment
Blender Institute announces Redcurrant

New lightweight open-source asset manager is intended to fill gap in the market between SVN and Shotgun. Read more »

July 25, 2014 | 1 comment

CG Elite

Rodeo FX's former environment lead on movies like Edge of Tomorrow discusses his workflow, and reveals his career tips. Read more »

July 22, 2014