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Houdini

Metal-native GPU renderer is now free for a year on any Mac capable of running macOS 11.2 Big Sur.

Tuesday, March 9th, 2021

Houdini Engine plugins for Unity and Unreal Engine now free for larger studios, not just indie artists.

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Updated: new connection plugins available for Nvidia's collaboration platform, now in free public beta.

Friday, February 26th, 2021

Discover the most important new tools in the open-source 3D app, from geometry nodes to APIC sims.

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

Download this detailed free texture map to recreate the lunar surface in 3D. Licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

Take a crash course in look dev for VFX and animation with The Gnomon Workshop's latest tutorial.

Monday, February 15th, 2021

Discover 20 video tutorials from the leading digital training firm that no CG artist can afford to miss.

Sunday, January 31st, 2021

Get Between Two Pines' simulated jets of smoke or steam for use in your 3D scenes. Commercial use.

Sunday, January 31st, 2021

VFX production renderer gets new V-Ray-style light mixer, improved GPU rendering and USD support, and support for OpenColorIO 2.0.

Saturday, January 30th, 2021

Create production-ready grooms in ILM artist Kristin Farrensteiner's Gnomon Workshop masterclass.

Sunday, January 24th, 2021

Create detailed renders of the planet's surface from space with this huge free 16-bit texture map.

Thursday, January 21st, 2021

Discover how to simulate realistic ocean surfaces, complete with foam and spray, in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.

Thursday, December 31st, 2020

Get to grips with Houdini's VFX-industry-standard particle effects tools with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new introductory tutorial.

Sunday, December 20th, 2020