See the new features due in Unreal Engine 5.6 and beyond
Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
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Master Cinematic Sand & Dust Simulations Using Houdini
Master professional production workflows for managing complex simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini masterclass.
Friday, January 17th, 2025
These simple free tools convert Maya shaders to Blender
VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy open-source tools convert the aiStandardSurface shader to Blender's Principled BSDF.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Get 75+ free modular shop assets for Unreal Engine
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
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.1
Check out the new features in the material authoring software, including updates to the Spline tools and node graph.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Free tool: Hair Cinematic Tool for Unreal Engine 5
Argentum Studio's in-house tool gives access to Unreal Engine 5's internal settings to improve the look of hair and fur in your renders.
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
Master World Building using Blender and Photoshop
Discover how to create story-rich environment concept art for games and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, January 13th, 2025
Get 6 free smoke and fire effects sequences from FX BackPack
Get free smoke and fire FX as 2K ProRes files or sequences of VDB files optimized for rendering in Blender. For commercial use.
Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Get modular Maya character rig builder Mansur-Rig for free
Updated: Version 2.6 of the facial and full-body rig builder for games, animation and VFX characters comes with this free bird rig.
Friday, January 10th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.18
Check out the new features in the virtual reality modeling software, including improvements to file export and primitives workflow.
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025
NVIDIA unveils GeForce RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti and 5070 GPUs
See the specs of the Blackwell GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs, and how they stack up in CG apps like D5 Render and DaVinci Resolve.
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025
Tik Manager 4 is a lightweight, robust open-source pipeline tool
Promising project management tool for VFX, animation and games is intuitive enough for non-TDs, but robust enough for bigger projects.
Monday, January 6th, 2025
Tutorial: Creating a Swamp & Mud Monster in Houdini
Create a creature, environment and FX simulation entirely in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly new tutorial.
Saturday, January 4th, 2025