Discover how to create a detailed exterior scene in Maya
Master core workflows with Digital Domain look dev lead Adrien Vallecilla's new Gnomon tutorial.
Sunday, May 17th, 2020
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Red Giant ships VFX Suite 1.5
Suite of After Effects plugins for visual effects work gets Lens Distortion, a new automated lens correction tool. Check it out here.
Friday, May 15th, 2020
Download five free ActionVFX Star Wars-style blaster effects
Get free CG effects clips for use in compositing. ProRes 422 format, 2K resolution, for commercial use.
Thursday, May 7th, 2020
Boris FX ships Continuum 2020.5
Check out the new particle effects and 3D titling features in the suite of effects plugins for compositing and editing apps.
Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
Discover 10 key artist features in V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max
Read our pick of the features in the public beta, from the new LightMix system to out-of-core rendering.
Tuesday, May 5th, 2020
Autodesk ships Flame 2021
Effects and finishing app gets a neat AI-based tool for isolating individual parts of the face, plus support for Dolby Vision HDR.
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
Boris FX ships Silhouette Paint
New touch-up and rig removal plugin makes Silhouette's paint tools available inside compositing apps like Nuke and After Effects.
Thursday, April 16th, 2020
Master environment building in Houdini and Clarisse iFX
Create, light and render large landscapes suitable for VFX work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Wednesday, April 1st, 2020
Get CG software for free during the coronavirus outbreak
Need to work from home? Your CG software may be available free if you use these companies' tools.
Wednesday, March 18th, 2020
Get Allan McKay's free 15-hour The Shores VFX course
Create a building destruction shot in 3ds Max, tyFlow and Phoenix FD with this new video training course.
Thursday, February 27th, 2020
Master the art of creating a photorealistic interior scene
Create interiors for VFX work with Digital Domain lighting lead Adrien Vallecilla's new Gnomon tutorial.
Saturday, February 22nd, 2020
Foundry ships Nuke 12.1, NukeX 12.1, Nuke Studio 12.1
Check out the new features in Foundry's family of compositing tools, broken down by edition.
Thursday, February 20th, 2020
Download version 2.0 of Spin VFX's free Nuke Gizmos
Get the VFX studio's popular - and newly updated - open-source collection of compositing tools.
Monday, January 6th, 2020