CG Channel

lighting

New game engine lets users create iOS augmented reality apps via a simple drag-and-drop workflow.

Monday, November 19th, 2018

Update adds node-based material editor, new skin and hair shaders, automated conversion of C4D and V-Ray materials.

Monday, November 5th, 2018

Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.

Thursday, September 20th, 2018

Non-commercial edition gets new 'live rendering' workflow, lighting tech used on movies like Coco.

Monday, September 10th, 2018

EA DICE artist Guilherme Rambelli's new Gnomon Workshop tutorial details current industry workflows.

Thursday, August 9th, 2018

Utility toolkit IgNite gets updates to Sculpt, Scribe and Illumi; other plugins now support V-Ray Next.

Monday, August 6th, 2018

Supercharged edition of Isotropix's layout and look dev app puts all of Clarisse iFX's tools into a powerful new node-based environment.

Thursday, July 19th, 2018

VFX artist Gennaro Esposito's new video tutorial provides a quick-start guide to the key tools in Modo 12.

Monday, July 16th, 2018

See our pick of the show's hottest research - from AI-driven animation to amazing simulation techniques.

Thursday, June 14th, 2018

Popular set of Modo modelling, shading and rendering plugins now available free under an MIT licence.

Friday, June 8th, 2018

Fascinating demo shows quest to remove "bullshit parameters" from the renderer, free with the upcoming Katana 3.0.

Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

Now shipping: First update to LightWave in three years adds new PBR and volumetric renderer, plus new 3ds Max-style modifier stack.

Monday, January 1st, 2018

Model, texture and render realistic insects in ZBrush, Maya and Substance Painter with Eric Keller's detailed tutorial.

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017