Discover how Luma Pictures creates Marvel-ous VFX

The Ant-Man and Avengers veterans reveal their secrets at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus on Thursday. Watch free online.

Monday, June 13th, 2016

Discover how to create VR games in Unreal Engine

Come to Epic Games' free four-hour masterclass at Gnomon's Hollywood campus on Wednesday 15 June.

Friday, June 10th, 2016

Autodesk ships Stingray 1.3

Game engine gets new fur, cloth and clear coat shaders, plus support for texture streaming and Nvidia's APEX real-time cloth simulation system.

Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Autodesk unveils new M&E Industry Collection

Cheaper than the Entertainment Creation Suites it replaces on 1 August, though it omits Softimage.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.4 for 3ds Max and Maya

Update to the renderer adds neat interactive denoising system, improved GI and GPU rendering.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Act-3D releases Lumion 6.5

Real-time visualisation tool gets improved renderer, plus new option to set transparency for vegetation.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Imagineer Systems ships mocha Pro 5

Updated, now shipping: see the matchmover's GPU-accelerated tracking and half-price After Effects plugin in action.

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Discover how legendary movie posters were created

Visit creative director Tomasz Opasinski's free movie poster design workshop at Gnomon's LA campus this Saturday.

Monday, June 6th, 2016

Allegorithmic releases Substance Painter 2.1

VFX-friendly update to 3D texture painting tool adds new Linux version, support for UDIM assets and 8K texture export.

Friday, June 3rd, 2016

Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.12

Check out the new VR Editor mode and Sequencer cinematic editor. Lots of new mobile options, too.

Thursday, June 2nd, 2016

Sketchfab's models of the month: May 2016

See the month's best real-time CG models, from wonderful character art to a 3D Calvin and Hobbes strip.

Wednesday, June 1st, 2016

The Krita Foundation releases Krita 3.0

Open-source digital paint package gets cool new 2D animation toolset, with export to commercial apps.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

Isotropix previews Clarisse iFX 3.0

Next-gen 2D/3D look development tool to get new PBR render engine, plus better handling of hair and fur.

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016