Get four free Renderpeople 3D character models

Updated: New figures are fully rigged for 3ds Max, Maya, C4D. All are licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 12th, 2017

Watch VFX breakdowns of the 2017 VES Award winners

Discover how this year's best VFX projects were created, from The Jungle Book to Game of Thrones.

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

StratusCore launches one-stop cloud service for CG artists

Rent complete virtual workstations loaded with 2D or 3D software and on-demand rendering and storage.

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

Cryptomatte automatically pulls ID mattes from renders

Updated: Psyop's open-source tech for pulling mattes from Arnold renders now works with Fusion as well as Nuke.

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

Fabric Software releases Fabric Engine 2.4

CG tool development platform gets native support for curves. Kraken rigging framework integrated, too.

Monday, January 23rd, 2017

Nvidia makes OptiX free for commercial use

GPU ray tracing framework used in Pixar's Flow material editor now available free for commercial tools.

Friday, January 20th, 2017

Eye candy: the 2017 Miarmy crowd simulation reel

See amazing work being created with the Maya crowd simulator, including epic VFX from Ant-Man and San Andreas.

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

Microsoft buys Simplygon

Intelligent polygon reduction and LOD technology used on games like The Witcher 3 to form part of firm's '3D For Everyone' strategy.

Thursday, January 19th, 2017

Gnomon releases Creating Props for Games Vol. 1

Discover production techniques for modeling and baking normal maps with Riot Games' Nick Reynolds.

Wednesday, January 18th, 2017

Basefount ships Miarmy 5.1

Update to Maya crowd simulator helps automate collision avoidance and path following in 3D space.

Monday, January 16th, 2017

Adobe chooses V-Ray as core renderer for Project Felix

V-Ray chosen as render engine for new visualisation tool aimed at 'graphic designers, not 3D experts'.

Wednesday, January 11th, 2017

The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016

Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.

Wednesday, January 4th, 2017

Get Avengers animator Kiel Figgins' free Deadpool rig

Free Maya character rig includes facial controls and linked proxy rig for real-time and blocking work.

Thursday, December 29th, 2016