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Matte Painting

Streamlined tool for generating skies for use in matte paintings or as environment maps gets 32K HDR export, better live sync with UE5.

Tuesday, November 21st, 2023

Browser-based generative AI platform could soon generate complete 360° game environments from text prompts or sketches.

Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

Discover how MPC transformed Paris into a post-apocalyptic city with its VFX for the latest series in The Walking Dead universe.

Wednesday, November 1st, 2023

Check out the new features in the compositing and effects software, including a new workflow for subtitles and H.264 export.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Master advanced digital matte painting techniques with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.

Wednesday, August 16th, 2023

Create a large-scale city for VFX or cinematics work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Sunday, August 6th, 2023

Free plugin lets you create skyboxes by entering text prompts inside the Unreal Editor if you have a Skybox AI API key.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2023

Check out the new features in the popular Blender tool for generating terrain for games & matte paintings.

Thursday, January 26th, 2023

Streamlined app for generating photorealistic CG skies, including 360° HDRIs, is out in early access.

Monday, December 19th, 2022

Image-editing and digital painting software gets new one-click object removal feature, and native support for Substance .sbsar materials.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2022

Get 90 modular 3D models of sci-fi buildings and vehicle, created for KitBash3D's community art contest. Commercial use.

Sunday, October 16th, 2022

Get five practical FX clips of falling snow for VFX work. ProRes 422 LT format, full HD, for commercial use.

Sunday, May 29th, 2022

Updated: Canvas 1.2 update adds new style variations system to fine tune the look of generated images.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022