Rookies rankings reveal 2018's best CG schools worldwide
Gnomon ranked world's best school for animation and VFX. Howest best in game development.
Friday, September 21st, 2018
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Get Digital Forms' free 3D scan of a clothed male figure
Download the games art studio's raw scan data in OBJ format. The file is licensed for commercial use.
Friday, September 21st, 2018
Notch Builder lets you author motion graphics in real time
Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2019.2
Release adds new Fluid Loader object for tweaking and rendering cached sims, further updates to Alembic and OSL.
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Free tool MeshSync live links Unity to DCC software
Open-source app syncs geometry, lights and cameras between Unity and 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and MotionBuilder.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Download Video Copilot's free Orb plugin for After Effects
Free plugin generates realistic 3D planets, complete with physically based shading and atmospheres.
Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
Check out promising 3ds Max scattering plugin NeatScatter
Interesting new tool generates detailed, non-overlapping patterns of instances for close-up shots.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Unreal Studio now free until November 2019
Suite of tools for getting CAD data into Unreal Engine for visualisation to stay in open beta another year.
Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
See DreamWorks' new CG shorts at Gnomon on Thursday
Watch exclusive screenings of Bilby and Bird Karma, then learn from the directors how they were created.
Monday, September 17th, 2018
Chaos Group releases Beta 3 of V-Ray Next for Maya
Open beta of next big update to renderer gets new layered texture node, in-viewport OptiX denoising.
Monday, September 17th, 2018
Eye candy: Allegorithmic's 2018 Substance VFX showreel
See amazing VFX created with Substance Designer and Painter, from ads to Blade Runner: 2049.
Monday, September 17th, 2018
Free tool Kiko ports animation curves from Maya to Nuke
Toolchefs' neat open-source tool transfers curves between DCC apps in a pipeline-friendly way.
Sunday, September 16th, 2018
Foundry ships Mari 4.2
Long-awaited new mirrored projection system lets users paint symmetrically on any model: no need for a specialised UV layout.
Wednesday, September 12th, 2018