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VFX and visualization artist Scott Rafferty's open-source plugin gives UE5 a single unified interface to browse, edit and apply materials.

Sunday, January 21st, 2024

Use OpenStreetMap data to create a procedural 3D environment in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Saturday, January 20th, 2024

Unofficial Blender integration for the Corona renderer gets support for Blender 4.0 and an automated converter for Cycles shaders.

Friday, January 19th, 2024

Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

See the new features in the suite of effects plugins, including Magic Bullet 2024.1, Trapcode 2024.1, Universe 2024.1 and VFX 2024.1.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Neat Geometry Nodes-based add-on turns low-poly guide meshes into detailed, customizable procedural 3D terrain. The base edition is free.

Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

Check out the changes to Autodesk's set of free add-ons for 3D modeling and UV editing, now updated to support Maya 2024.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

3D clothing design software creator Jaden Oh wins tech 'Oscar', along with the creators of open standards USD, OpenVDB and Alembic.

Monday, January 15th, 2024

VR sculpting tool's new Snake Hook mode makes it possible to create ultra-wiggly organic forms. Check out the other new features here.

Monday, January 15th, 2024

Get 12 AI-based looks for grading motion graphics or VFX projects, applied via the free Freelab plugin for After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Sunday, January 14th, 2024

Create art-directable simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to Houdini's FLIP fluids and rigid body dynamics toolsets.

Friday, January 12th, 2024

See how the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4080 Super outperform older cards in CG apps like Blender.

Wednesday, January 10th, 2024

Former Overwatch artist Renaud Galand's neat free custom brush sculpts subtly asymmetric strands of hair for stylized 3D characters.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2024