Adobe ships Photoshop 23.3
Update makes it possible to paste live text from Illustrator and adds multithreaded compositing, but removes the Shake Reduction filter.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
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Adobe releases After Effects 22.3
Sizeable update to the compositing app integrates Frame.io for free, adds native Apple Silicon support.
Wednesday, April 13th, 2022
Nvidia releases Omniverse Create 2022.1
Big update to the Omniverse scene layout app adds soft-body physics, new character animation toolset.
Saturday, March 26th, 2022
Eye candy: Gnomon's gorgeous 2022 Student Reel
Watch a seven-minute compilation of new art and animation from students at the leading CG school.
Monday, March 14th, 2022
Blender 3.1 ships
Read our pick of the 5 key changes to the open-source 3D software, from faster renders in Cycles to new procedural modelling nodes.
Wednesday, March 9th, 2022
Color Intelligence unveils Colourlab Ai 2.0
See what's new in this big update to the hotly tipped AI-based color grading tool, now in public beta.
Saturday, February 26th, 2022
Download 49 free snow textures from ActionVFX
Get stock snow images for use in VFX and matte painting. Pre-keyed 2K PNG files, for commercial use.
Sunday, February 20th, 2022
Maxon releases Universe 5.1
Under-the-hood update to the library of effects for compositing and editing apps adds native support for Apple's M1 processors.
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
Chaos ships V-Ray 5 for Unreal Update 1
Plugin for importing V-Ray scenes into Unreal Engine gets support for render relighting, skeletal meshes.
Monday, January 31st, 2022
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
Master superhero concept design for film and TV
Create a movie-quality 3D superhero with Eternals concept artist Luca Nemolato's Gnomon Workshop tutorial.
Saturday, January 15th, 2022
Get four free explosion assets from Compositing Academy
Get free rendered explosions for use in VFX compositing. 2K EXR image sequences; commercial use.
Sunday, January 9th, 2022
5 tools updates you may have missed in December 2021
Including support for hair rendering in Redshift RT, plus ArtEngine, HitFilm and ftrack Studio updates.
Monday, January 3rd, 2022