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Matte Painting

Latest update to the digital painting and image editing software adds native WebP support, and improves GPU use in the Oil Paint filter.

Thursday, February 17th, 2022

Get 2,000 x 1,000px sky images to use in matte painting or as render backplates. For commercial use.

Sunday, February 13th, 2022

Wide-ranging update adds one-click object masking, AI filters for concept art and matte painting, and new anti-image-theft features.

Friday, October 29th, 2021

Download games artist Velarion's pack of real-time environment assets free during October 2021.

Wednesday, October 6th, 2021

Online library of source images for matte painters now available as 16-bit DNG RAW and 32-bit EXR files, along with 360-degree HDRI skies.

Tuesday, June 29th, 2021

Master professional workflows for concept art and illustration with The Gnomon Workshop's latest tutorial.

Sunday, February 21st, 2021

New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how Gaea's procedural terrain tools extend VFX workflows.

Monday, December 14th, 2020

Get futuristic 3D buildings in the native formats of 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya, Houdini, UE4 and Unity. For commercial use.

Monday, August 17th, 2020

Create, light and render large landscapes suitable for VFX work with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed tutorial.

Wednesday, April 1st, 2020

Need to work from home? Your CG software may be available free if you use these companies' tools.

Wednesday, March 18th, 2020

Check out the new features in Foundry's family of compositing tools, broken down by edition.

Thursday, February 20th, 2020

Get textures of wall materials from CGI Vault. TIFF format, with normal and height maps. Commercial use.

Sunday, February 9th, 2020

Get started with Isotropix's layout and look dev tool at a free event at Gnomon's LA campus next week, or watch on Twitch.

Saturday, October 5th, 2019