Tutorial: Creating Photorealistic 3D Environments

Create portfolio-worthy 3D terrain in World Creator and Blender with the help of The Gnomon Workshop's intermediate-level tutorial.

Saturday, April 12th, 2025

5 steps to creating convincing photorealistic 3D portraits

Discover how to model, texture and light ultra-realistic 3D characters with tips from leading CG artists.

Wednesday, January 19th, 2022

Discover how to create photorealistic 3D props

Master industry-standard modelling and shading workflows in The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.

Sunday, January 31st, 2021

Master the art of creating a photorealistic interior scene

Create interiors for VFX work with Digital Domain lighting lead Adrien Vallecilla's new Gnomon tutorial.

Saturday, February 22nd, 2020

Watch Rebirth, Quixel's stunning photorealistic short

The 90-second sci-fi clip was made using real-world scans of Iceland, compiled and rendered in UE4.

Thursday, March 21st, 2019

Eye candy: Unity's weird new photorealistic real-time demo

Bizarre but beautiful interactive demo puts Unity's upcoming HD render loop through its paces.

Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Get Epic Games' free model of a photorealistic human head

Download a free Unreal Engine 4 scene with a scanned model of a male head and 4K skin textures.

Sunday, April 16th, 2017

VFX techniques: how to build a photorealistic 3D city

Past Rodeo FX environment lead Jeremy Boissinot breaks down his workflow on Jack the Giant Slayer.

Wednesday, September 28th, 2016

Eye candy: Unity's amazing photorealistic Adam demo

Updated: See the complete, near-six-minute short. Runs in real time on a single GeForce GTX 980.

Monday, June 20th, 2016

ARTVPS releases new photorealistic renderer

Shaderlight plug-in ported from 3ds Max to SketchUp; offers physically based progressive rendering.

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

New Training DVD: Photorealistic Texture Painting

ILM Texture Painter shows you how to create photoreal textures.

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

Foundry unveils new ICVFX and virtual production tool Nuke Stage

New purpose-built app is designed for playing back environments onto LED walls. Read our FAQs on its workflow and requirements.

Friday, April 11th, 2025

Lumion unveils Lumion View

New real-time design exploration and visualization plugin lets users generate photorealistic 4K renders in SketchUp. Now in early access.

Sunday, March 30th, 2025