Videos: the best of Siggraph 2017's technical papers
See our pick of the show's hottest research - from cutting-edge fluid sims to ways to model tentacles.
Monday, June 19th, 2017
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Get Ten24's Skull Sketcher 2 reference app for free
Nifty app lets you pose virtual male and female skulls based on 3D scan data. Share the link on social media to get it free.
Thursday, June 15th, 2017
Get Allan McKay's free 15-hour fireball VFX training course
Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course.
Thursday, June 15th, 2017
Foundry releases Katana 2.6
Look dev and lighting tool gets new API to lay groundwork for native viewer based on Pixar's Hydra real-time rendering architecture.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.6
Check out the intelligent new progressive lightmapper and dynamic navigation mesh system.
Monday, April 3rd, 2017
Master Environment Creation for Film and Cinematics
New Gnomon tutorial reveals how to create a photorealistic 3D environment from start to finish.
Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
The Gnomon Workshop releases Introduction to Arnold
Master lighting and rendering in Arnold with this complete primer from The Mill's Robert Chapman.
Sunday, February 26th, 2017
Master lighting and rendering in Unreal Engine 4
Visit Epic Games' free two-hour masterclass at Gnomon's LA campus next Friday, 3 February. Watch online for free.
Friday, January 27th, 2017
DGDM releases SLiB Leuchtkraft 1.6 for Maya
Updated: Nifty Maya lighting design plugin gets support for dome lights, option to import custom HDRIs.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2017
Adobe releases Project Felix in beta
Simple rendering and compositing app is free to anyone with a current paid Creative Cloud subscription.
Friday, December 23rd, 2016
Get Allan McKay's new free 18-hour VFX training course
Create a complete reverse-gravity destruction FX shot in 3ds Max and Nuke. Includes source footage and project files.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
The Gnomon Workshop ships TRex Lookdev and Lighting
New video reveals professional Maya and Arnold workflows for integrating CG with live action.
Friday, November 25th, 2016
Act-3D releases Lumion 7.0
Real-time visualization app adds subsurface scattering, new procedural weathering system. Pro users also get procedural foliage.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016