Download free 8K HDRIs from VFX artist Simon Lachapelle
Get over 20 high-res HDRIs of natural exteriors and architectural interiors in EXR format, for VFX, visualization and motion graphics.
Monday, May 26th, 2025
Houdini
Discover how to create Lightning & Electricity Effects
Create energy FX using a robust generalist approach in Houdini, Maya and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.
Sunday, May 25th, 2025
Chaos adds Chaos Scans to Cosmos for V-Ray Update 1
V-Ray 7.1 update makes 3,000+ scanned real-world materials accessible via the Cosmos browser, available to all V-Ray subscribers.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
iRender - the ultimate render farm for the Redshift renderer
[Sponsored] Online render farm iRender explains why its flexible solutions unlock the full potential of GPU rendering with Redshift.
Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
VeeDynamics 'turbocharges' elastic body simulation in Blender
Simulate thousands of rubbery objects in near-real time with Łukasz Czyż's plugin implementing Vertex Block Descent methods in Blender.
Tuesday, May 13th, 2025
How PFX created a continuous 3.5-minute VFX shot for Locked
Key shot from the carjacking thriller was created using 3DEqualizer, Houdini and Nuke from 360-degree footage and Lidar scans.
Thursday, May 8th, 2025
Review: HP Z4 Rack G5 rackmount workstation
How does HP's rackable graphics workstation compare to a desktop system in real-world rendering and CG tests? Jason Lewis finds out.
Tuesday, May 6th, 2025
Download Figment's free UDIM Globe toolset
Free Photoshop scripts convert high-res planetary textures to UDIMs for use in VFX and animation, in apps like 3ds Max, Blender, Maya.
Sunday, May 4th, 2025
Get the free version of ZibraVDB for Unreal Engine and Houdini
Updated: free version of the real-time volumetric effects tool for games and virtual production is now available for Houdini as well as Unreal Engine.
Friday, April 18th, 2025
See JangaFX's first demo of IlluGen, its app for in-game VFX
Check out the feature set of the much-anticipated tool for creating VFX assets for games, its workflow, its release date, and its likely price.
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
ZibraVDB: the new standard in OpenVDB for virtual production
[Sponsored] With its new Houdini plugin and free edition, Zibra AI's volumetric compression technology is shaking up real-time VFX.
Monday, April 14th, 2025
F12 releases The Grove 2.2 for Blender and Houdini
Popular 3D tree generator gets new Skeleton tool for creating animation rigs, and new workflows to reduce tree poly counts for use in games.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
Get versions of the free Thinkbox tools that work with 3ds Max 2026
Get new versions of particle tools Krakatoa MX, Frost MX, Stoke MX and XMesh MX recompiled to support current versions of 3ds Max.
Thursday, April 10th, 2025