Tutorial: Rendering Matte Surfaces - Volume 1
Master digital drawing skills with The Gnomon Workshop's new series of introductory tutorials recorded by top Concept Designer Neville Page.
Saturday, September 6th, 2025
Master digital drawing skills with The Gnomon Workshop's new series of introductory tutorials recorded by top Concept Designer Neville Page.
Saturday, September 6th, 2025
Movie industry standard for color management becomes the latest open-source project to be hosted by the visual effects industry body.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
Major update to the real-time ray tracing renderer adds initial support for USD, MaterialX, 3D Gaussian Splatting, and volumes.
Friday, September 5th, 2025
Experimental cloud-based tool generates PBR materials and texture maps from real-world reference photos. Find more details here.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Read our pick of the changes in Houdini 21, from Copernicus and KineFX to new AI workflows - then see a list of all 300+ new features.
[Sponsored] Games artist Francis Lamoureux reveals how he uses Reallusion's Character Creator to convert sculpts to game characters.
Read our pick of the latest features in the open-source 3D software, from full Vulkan support to hidden gems like the new FBX importer.
Update to the open-source Maya rigging and animation framework resolves compatibility issues with popular blendshape editor Shapes.
Thursday, September 4th, 2025
Turn any MetaHuman exported from Unreal Engine into a ready-to-animate character with the updated Metahuman for Houdini add-on.
Friday, August 29th, 2025
New app lets users carry out shared online design reviews of 3D models, either in a standard web browser, or in room-scale VR.
Sunday, August 17th, 2025
Asset library ScansMatter's modular Warehouse Environment pack is free on Fab for the next two weeks. 4K PBR textures, commercial use.
Wednesday, August 13th, 2025
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Rendering Matte Surfaces - Volume 1 by leading Concept Designer Neville Page
Creating Sci-Fi Electrical FX in Houdini by Maria Barbadillo, Squeeze Animation Studios
Fantasy Creature Texturing & Look Dev by Sohrab Esfehani, VFX Artist, Important Looking Pirates
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