Richard Rosenman releases Particle Projection 1.0
New After Effects motion graphics plugin uses displacement to generate animated particle arrays.
Monday, May 13th, 2019
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Crunchy Creatives ships Physics Now! for After Effects
Streamlined 2D physics system creates common motion graphics effects using familiar workflows.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 15.1
Free update to suite of After Effects plugins adds the option to use text and masks as particle emitters.
Friday, March 1st, 2019
Sneak peek: real-time ray tracing in Notch Builder
See the real-time motion graphics tool's interesting new path tracing system. Runs on any current GPU.
Thursday, February 21st, 2019
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 12.0 and HitFilm Express 12.0
Now available: 'Biggest ever' update adds threaded rendering, GPU video decoding to the editing and compositing app.
Friday, February 15th, 2019
Autodesk ships Maya 2019 and Maya LT 2019
Both get improved Viewport 2.0 performance; Maya gets cached playback for animation previews.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2018
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by CG Channel's Facebook followers.
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
Motion graphics tools pioneers win Sci-Tech Academy Awards
Original creators of After Effects, Photoshop and Cinema 4D's MoGraph toolset win tech Oscars.
Monday, December 17th, 2018
Red Giant adds new fluids engine to Trapcode Suite 15
After Effects tool suite's Particular and Form plugins get eyecatching new gaseous fluids capabilities.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Adobe releases After Effects CC 16.0
Update adds depth passes for native 3D layers, new expressions engine, new Lumetri Color controls.
Monday, October 15th, 2018
Rookies rankings reveal 2018's best CG schools worldwide
Gnomon ranked world's best school for animation and VFX. Howest best in game development.
Friday, September 21st, 2018
Notch Builder lets you author motion graphics in real time
Interesting new tool lets users link cloners, particles, fluids and volumetrics and see the results rendered on the fly.
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Eye candy: Foam Studio's beautiful C4D R20 demo short
See everyday objects twisted into strange and colourful forms with Cinema 4D R20's fields system.
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018