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
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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
Download ActionVFX's free stock effects clips and textures
Get 6 free FX clips of emergency flares, 19 cartoon fire and smoke effects, and 50 dirt textures. For commercial use.
Tuesday, December 28th, 2021
Best Black Friday and winter 2021 discounts for CG artists
Updated with Christmas and New Year deals: save money on CG software, hardware and assets.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2021
RandomControl ships Maverick Studio and Indie 2021.6
GPU renderers for visualisation and portfolio work get versatile object scattering and instancing system.
Tuesday, December 21st, 2021
Adobe ships After Effects 22.1
Compositing software gets Universal Text Engine for titling and motion graphics. New Extended Viewport for 3D work now in beta.
Thursday, December 16th, 2021