Discover the key features of Houdini 20
Read our run-down of the key changes in the largest ever update to Houdini, from character animation to rendering and machine learning.
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
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Tutorial: Creating Stopmotion Felt in Substance 3D Designer
Get to grips with the powerful procedural material-authoring software with The Gnomon Workshop's artist-friendly guide.
Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
ASWF, Adobe, Autodesk launch OpenPBR
Now publicly released: new sub-project of MaterialX will let artists transfer materials seamlessly between Adobe and Autodesk apps.
Monday, November 6th, 2023
Tutorial: Dynamic Effects Animation for Games
Create a VFX sequence of a character dissolving using Unreal Engine, Houdini and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Sunday, November 5th, 2023
Tutorial: Creating Key Illustrations for Videogames
Discover how to create compellling marketing images for games in SketchUp and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, October 30th, 2023
Epic Games releases Twinmotion 2023.2
Real-time visualization software gets Lumen real-time GI system, plus support for animated meshes and Substance materials. Price up $250.
Wednesday, October 25th, 2023
Maxon ships Redshift 3.5.20
Latest update to the production renderer improves performance in real-time render engine Redshift RT.
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
Tutorial: High-Fidelity Environment Design
Create professional environment concepts in 3DCoat, Blender and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed guide.
Sunday, October 22nd, 2023
Sneak peek: Houdini 20
See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.1
Latest update to the 3D design and animation app is mainly a bugfix release, but there are performance improvements to MoGraph.
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Blender's new Vulkan rendering backend has gone live
'Highly experimental' replacement for OpenGL for real-time and viewport rendering now available in alpha builds of Blender 4.1.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
Tutorial: Create a Dynamic Character Illustration
Create professional illustrations and keyframe art in 3DCoat and Photoshop with The Gnomon Workshop's video masterclass.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
Open 3D Foundation releases Open 3D Engine 23.10
Check out the new features in the open-source game engine and new third-party add-ons like this volumetric cloudscapes system.
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023