The best Black Friday and winter 2018 deals for CG artists
Updated with a new batch of winter offers: save money on CG software and resources with these deals.
Friday, December 21st, 2018
effects
Boris FX ships Mocha Pro, Continuum and Sapphire 2019
Mocha Pro now has 360° tracking tool Mocha VR; Continuum gets 2D particle system particleIllusion.
Thursday, November 15th, 2018
FXhome ships Imerge Pro
'World's first RAW image compositor' edits still images non-destructively, and provides some neat keying and grading tools.
Friday, October 26th, 2018
Blackmagic Design releases DaVinci Resolve 15
Now officially released: grading and editing app gets over 250 compositing tools from Fusion.
Monday, August 13th, 2018
Master VFX workflows for games in Unreal Engine
Riot Games artist Jeremy Griffith's detailed Gnomon tutorial provides over nine hours of UE4 training.
Friday, June 22nd, 2018
Download Hitfilm Express 8.0 for free
All-in-one editing, compositing and FX app gets new motion graphics tools, improved editorial workflow.
Thursday, May 10th, 2018
Autodesk ships Flame 2019
Effects and compositing software to get new grading and look dev features, HDR Waveform scope, and improved real-time playback.
Friday, April 6th, 2018
Boris FX announces Boris FX Suite 2018
New suite to make FX and tracking tools Continuum, Sapphire, Mocha Pro available via a single licence.
Thursday, March 8th, 2018
Download Cinema 4D physics framework Effex 2.8 for free
Pioneering fluid simulation, particle and volumetrics tool, once sold for over €500, is now free on GitHub.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 6.0
All-in-one compositing and effects tool gets new editing and 2D animation options. Price down $50, but you no longer get Ignite Pro.
Friday, November 24th, 2017
Pixel Splincher releases Bricolage 2.0 for iOS
Node-based compositing system for iPads gets new colour grading tools, including support for LUTs.
Saturday, November 18th, 2017
Red Giant ships Universe 2.2
Library of add-ons for editing and compositing software gets updated VHS and Retrograde effects, plus 11 new, mainly retro-style transitions.
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
Autodesk ships Flame 2018.3
Fourth update to Flame this year adds 360° viewing mode for VR, new Motion Warp tracking system, improved waveform monitoring.
Friday, October 27th, 2017