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custom tools

Platform for developing VFX and games tools gets support for USD, Autodesk's AnimX, new RBF solver.

Friday, August 4th, 2017

Cool 'Blocks' functionality makes CG tools development platform's visual programming even more accessible to non-coders.

Thursday, July 21st, 2016

Master the core principles of custom tool development with ex-Disney TD Mike Harris's five-hour video guide.

Monday, August 31st, 2015

Compositing Academy's affordable add-on provides over 50 custom nodes for creating common screen graphics effects and transitions.

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Master professional production workflows for managing complex simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini masterclass.

Friday, January 17th, 2025

Free version of the real-time volumetric effects tool for games and VFX comes with four free stock explosion and tornado effects.

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

Check out the new features in the renderer, including native OpenPBR and 3D Gaussian Splatting support, and improvements to V-Ray GPU.

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy open-source tools convert the aiStandardSurface shader to Blender's Principled BSDF.

Wednesday, January 15th, 2025

Get CropCraft Studios' Modular Bakery Shop pack of 3D assets for creating a shop and cafe for free for two weeks on the Fab marketplace.

Wednesday, January 15th, 2025