10 expert tips for managing a visual effects project
Keep your post-production on track by following VFX producer Julia Kerguelen's 10 real-world rules.
Thursday, July 4th, 2019
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Get Allan McKay's free Thanos VFX video training course
Destroy the Avengers antihero using 3ds Max, tyFlow and Phoenix FD in this epic set of free tutorials.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
Download Justen Lazarro's free Ultimate Trim texturing tools
Neat add-ons automate Insomniac Games' fast environment asset workflow in 3ds Max, Blender and the Substance apps.
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019
Pixar releases Opensubdiv 3.4
Open-source subdivision library used in many DCC tools now supports same feature set for Loop and Catmull-Clark subdivision.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Yeti fur plugin goes back on sale in the United States
Popular Maya plugin on sale to US studios again - and with a 15% discount until 31 July to celebrate.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
Deep FX releases Deep Rising FX 2.5
LightWave fluid simulation plugin gets new foam and white water system; improved memory usage.
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019
RayFire Studios releases RayFire for Unity
New Unity edition of the popular 3ds Max destruction tool lets users destroy 3D geometry at runtime.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Sketchfab's models of the month: June 2019
See the month's best real-time 3D models, like this Neon Genesis Evangelion-inspired scene. Download it free.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
cebas releases thinkingParticles 6.8
3ds Max particle and multiphysics system gets over 30 new nodes for working with volume data in OpenVDB format.
Monday, July 1st, 2019
Tighe Rzankowski releases Feather Tools For Houdini
Promising new feather-generation and animation toolkit has been used in Alt.VFX's commercial work.
Friday, June 28th, 2019
Check out virtual production tools BeeHive and DragonFly
Updated: new Unreal Engine and Unity-compatible virtual camera system DragonFly is now shipping.
Friday, June 28th, 2019
Download Ten24's free hi-res 3D scan of a male human head
Get it from 3D Scan Store in ZTL, OBJ or FBX format, with up to 16,384 x 16,384-pixel PBR textures.
Thursday, June 27th, 2019
Autodesk to stop issuing activation codes for older apps
Activation to cease for the 2010 editions this year; then for most Autodesk software more than three versions old in 2021.
Thursday, June 27th, 2019