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
DNEG
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
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019
Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
Eye candy: SideFX's 2019 Houdini customer reel
Check out the best new movies, ads and cinematics created using Houdini, then follow our links to the VFX breakdowns.
Monday, July 29th, 2019
Download Erik Lehmann's free EL Tool Pack for Maya
Get the DNEG TD's free pack of four Maya utility tools for modelling, UV work and renaming objects.
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019