The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Houdini 17

Get started with Houdini with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's step-by-step guide to core workflows.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2017

Master Environment Creation for Film and Cinematics

New Gnomon tutorial reveals how to create a photorealistic 3D environment from start to finish.

Sunday, April 2nd, 2017

New Gnomon video: Multi Pass Rendering and Compositing

Master advanced workflows like deep compositing with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's detailed four-hour tutorial.

Sunday, March 19th, 2017

The Gnomon Workshop releases Introduction to Arnold

Master lighting and rendering in Arnold with this complete primer from The Mill's Robert Chapman.

Sunday, February 26th, 2017

3d-io releases Exr-IO 1.02 for Photoshop

Updated: Handy free plugin lets PS load or save multi-layer EXR files. Now supports batch processing.

Tuesday, February 21st, 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

The Gnomon Workshop ships TRex Lookdev and Lighting

New video reveals professional Maya and Arnold workflows for integrating CG with live action.

Friday, November 25th, 2016

Gnomon posts full guide to look dev in V-Ray for Maya

Psyop CG supervisor Stephen DeLalla's 10-hour video provides a vital primer in look development.

Wednesday, May 18th, 2016

The Foundry releases Mari Non-commercial

Master the 3D texture painting app with the new free learning edition, or use it to create demo reel material.

Wednesday, May 11th, 2016

Gnomon ships Creating an Epic Matte Painting Shot

See the modern matte painting workflow from end to end in Game of Thrones veteran Igor Staritsin's seven-hour video.

Friday, October 23rd, 2015

Gnomon releases Maya Viewport 2.0 and Shader FX

Eric Keller's five-hour DVD provides a complete guide to Maya 2015's powerful real-time previews.

Friday, October 10th, 2014

SGO ships Mamba FX 2.0

Check out this $320 node-based compositor for Windows, Linux and Mac from the makers of Mistika.

Friday, July 18th, 2014

Q&A: Rango and Hulk texture painter Justin Holt

The industry veteran provides his character-painting tips, and reveals what's hot in Mari 2.0.

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013