Ziva VFX and OIDN creators win Sci-Tech Academy Awards
Soft tissue simulation and render denoising system win tech 'Oscars', due to be presented at a ceremony tonight. Check out the other winners.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
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Download VFX artist David Llopis's free Maya dragon rig
Get the DNEG Lead Animator's neat free creature rig, licensed for use in portfolio work, and supplied as a Maya MB scene file.
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
Unity discontinues the Ziva products
Unity ends sales of Maya tissue simulation plugin Ziva VFX, real-time toolset Ziva RT, and facial-rigging service Ziva Face Trainer.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
Eye candy: SideFX's 2023 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best motion graphics and VFX created in Houdini, then follow our links to technical breakdowns.
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023
Check out xStudio, DNEG's open-source playback tool
Updated: Epic Games has ported the high-performance shot review tool to Windows as well as Linux.
Monday, July 31st, 2023
Autodesk releases Open RV
The open-source edition of RV is out. See how it differs from the commercial edition of the Academy Award-winning shot review tool.
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
Autodesk open-sources RV
Updated: only "core components" of the award-winning image viewer and shot playback tool will be open-sourced, not the full product.
Thursday, August 11th, 2022
ASWF adopts OpenAssetIO and OpenFX
VFX industry body to oversee development of open standards for plugins and asset management.
Thursday, August 4th, 2022
Watch VIEW Conference 2021 for free
See the international VFX and animation conference free online, or in person in Turin from 17-22 October 2021.
Sunday, October 10th, 2021
Download the free Rocket Girl rig for Blender and Maya
Get this neat full-body and facial rig, created by movie animators Vladimir Mokhov and Luciano Muñoz Sessarego.
Sunday, September 27th, 2020
Eye candy: SideFX's 2020 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best new VFX work done in Houdini, plus breakdown videos of how the effects were created.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Eye candy: Adobe's new Substance in Film showreel
See the best VFX work done with Substance Painter and Designer, plus tech breakdowns of key films.
Thursday, June 18th, 2020
Discover how to create a stylised female character
See DNEG's Crystal Bretz reveal her ZBrush, Maya & Mari workflows in Gnomon's detailed new tutorial.
Sunday, May 3rd, 2020