Tutorial: Introduction to Lighting & Compositing for Cinematics
Master workflows used in cinematics and animation production with The Gnomon Workshop's improvers' guide.
Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
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KeenTools releases KeenTools 2025.1 for Blender and Nuke
Check out the changes to tracking plugins FaceTracker and GeoTracker, including new wireframe rendering and start frame selection options.
Friday, February 14th, 2025
Free tools: Render Manager and Light Editor for Blender
VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy add-ons streamline the process of managing lights and render layers within complex production scenes.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
Check out this free 2D Rim Light Tool for Nuke
Compositing Academy's handy add-on creates fake rim lighting on 2D images for title sequences and motion graphics using only an alpha.
Monday, January 20th, 2025
Create motion graphics in Nuke with the new Screen FX plugin
Compositing Academy's affordable add-on provides over 50 custom nodes for creating common screen graphics effects and transitions.
Friday, January 17th, 2025
Tik Manager 4 is a lightweight, robust open-source pipeline tool
Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.
Monday, January 6th, 2025
Boris FX releases Mocha Pro 2025
Tracking app's new AI-powered roto workflow lets users isolate objects with a single click, then propagate the matte through an entire shot.
Monday, December 16th, 2024
Boris FX releases Sapphire 2025
Set of effects plugins for apps like After Effects and DaVinci Resolve gets new tools for mimicking the look of analog video.
Monday, November 25th, 2024
KeenTools releases FaceTracker for Blender
Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
How PFX created its invisible effects for The Hungarian Dressmaker
Discover how the studio recreated 1940s Bratislava for the period drama, blending seamless set extensions and crowd simulation.
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
Download VFX Assets' free 2D Cloud Textures Pack
Get 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.
Sunday, November 17th, 2024
Boris FX releases Continuum 2025
Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.
Friday, November 1st, 2024
Color Intelligence releases Colourlab Ai 3 Creator and Pro
Updated: Pro edition of the AI color grading software includes ACES support and a new OFX plugin for integration with Nuke.
Thursday, October 24th, 2024