Vulkan now does ray tracing
The Vulkan Ray Tracing extensions are now available as stable builds, along with an updated SDK and AMD and Nvidia GPU drivers.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
videogames
Gnomon releases essential guide to game animation
Master vital UE4 and Maya skills with Call of Duty artist Bill Buckley's Creating Game Ready Animations for Production.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2016
Get the new Substance plugin for Houdini
Allegorithmic's free add-on lets users edit textures in Substance format using Houdini's native tools.
Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Discover Naughty Dog's workflow on Uncharted 4
Just one highlight of the free talk on games environment art at Gnomon's Hollywood campus this Thursday. Watch free online.
Monday, May 23rd, 2016
Gnomon reveals how to break into the CG industry
See artists from ILM, Disney and Blizzard give their career tips at a free live event in LA on 5 November, or watch online.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
Why 2D art skills help you create better 3D VFX
League of Legends VFX lead Christina Wun explains how colour and shape can help you create compelling in-game FX.
Saturday, October 10th, 2015
Eye candy: Autodesk's 2015 Games Customers Reel
A two-minute gallop through the best recent game CG, from Assassin's Creed Unity to The Order: 1886.
Sunday, March 1st, 2015
Quixel releases Quixel Suite
Updated: new versions of NDO and DDO now officially out of beta. New batch options and 16K support too.
Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 1.0
Much-anticipated next-gen games texture-painting tool finally ships. Check out the key features here.
Wednesday, October 15th, 2014
Gnomon releases Photo Collage Prototyping
New DVD from Quixel's Ryan Hawkins reveals the secrets of creating rapid Photoshop concepts.
Friday, September 26th, 2014
Amplify Creations unveils Amplify Texture 2 for Unity
Updated: Virtual texturing plugin lets you use 4 Terapixel textures inside Unity Pro. Free public trial out now.
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2014
Download DDO for free
Get the current version of Quixel's Photoshop games texturing toolset, once priced at $499, for nothing.
Wednesday, March 19th, 2014
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 4.1
Games texturing tool gets new baking options and ability to group nodes. Eight new video tutorials, too.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014