Go behind the scenes of Discworld film Troll Bridge
Discover how a team of volunteers made the fan film's 500+ VFX shots at Gnomon's free event next week. Watch free online.
Friday, August 5th, 2016
Free Resources
Allegorithmic launches new free student licence
Now available: Substance Education licence lets students and teachers use Substance Painter, Designer and B2M for free.
Thursday, August 4th, 2016
The best new CG software from Siggraph 2016
We round up over 30 of the key new tools to be announced at the show, from full 3D packages to plugins.
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Expresii 1.0 ships
Now shipping: promising $59 digital painting system uses fluid dynamics to mimic real brush-and-ink strokes.
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2016
Discover how to get a job at Industrial Light & Magic
Hear senior ILM recruiters give their VFX career tips at a free event at Gnomon in Hollywood this Thursday.
Monday, August 1st, 2016
Download cool new free 3D sculpting tool PolyBrush
Now shipping: Sketch forms in 3D space and export them as OBJs with this neat new app. Free Lite edition; full version is $20/year.
Monday, August 1st, 2016
Unity Technologies ships Unity 5.4
New update to the game engine extends the particle controls and Cinematic Image Effects add-on.
Saturday, July 30th, 2016
Shotgun Software unveils Shotgun 7.0, RV 7.0
Update to production-tracking tool and integrated viewer uses EDL data to enable users to review shots within the latest cut.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Blackmagic Design releases Fusion on Linux
Fusion 8.2 makes the compositor available on Linux as well as Windows and Mac. Free and $995 editions available.
Wednesday, July 27th, 2016
Massive Software ships Massive for Max
New 3ds Max edition of the Academy Award-winning crowd simulator is V-Ray ready; includes free $3,000 'Ambient Agent'.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Solid Angle releases Arnold for 3ds Max
Free preview build of the MAXtoA plugin provides native, cloud-ready integration between Max and the Arnold renderer.
Tuesday, July 26th, 2016
Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.2
Neat new material layering system lets users visualise complex composite materials accurately within the software.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016
Andrew Hazelden releases PlayblastVR for Maya V2.0
Create fast previz renders of Maya scenes in common panoramic formats - now including Facebook 360's native format.
Friday, July 22nd, 2016