Download NVIDIA's free da Vinci Workshop USD data set

Detailed interior scene provides a practical example of production-ready USD data structures for VFX or animation work.

Thursday, February 8th, 2024

Download free custom Houdini tools from Project Pegasus

Get the Flora plant-generation tools SideFX developed for its tech demo on creating open worlds with Houdini and Unreal Engine 5.

Sunday, February 4th, 2024

Tutorial: Creating Environment Art for Digital Production

Master current studio workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed six-hour guide to environment art.

Saturday, February 3rd, 2024

Boris FX releases SynthEyes 2024.1

Check out the new features in the 3D tracking software, including better workflow with After Effects, Pricing also simplified.

Friday, February 2nd, 2024

See how Big Picture Studio de-aged Chow Yun-Fat for One More Chance

See how the studio created 3D facial replacements based on the Hong Kong action star's younger self for the 2023 comedy drama.

Wednesday, January 31st, 2024

Polyqoniq releases botaniq 7.0 for Blender

Popular library of 3D plants updated to work with polygoniq's open-source engon asset browser. Download 38 of the assets for free.

Sunday, January 28th, 2024

InstaMAT Studio is now available

Promising new app combines 3D texture painting, node-based material authoring and AI features. Free if you earn under $100k/year.

Thursday, January 25th, 2024

Check out Sébastien Garnier's Sculpt & Fix toolbox for Blender

Movie character FX artist's $15 add-on helps users sculpt quick corrective fixes for common artifacts in character animations.

Wednesday, January 24th, 2024

Ynput releases Ayon 1.0

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

Marvelous Designer creator wins Sci-Tech Academy Award

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

Glassbox Technologies ships DragonFly 3.2

Check out the new features in the virtual camera system for Maya and Unreal Engine, including additive recording, and native Vicon support.

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024

Polygonflow releases Dash 1.4 in early access

Neat tool to simplify world building in Unreal Engine 5 gets new Physics Paint system, PBR texture packing. Perpetual licenses now available.

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023

Tutorial: Creating Foliage for Videogames

Discover how to create custom SpeedTree trees and plants for games with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023