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practical effects

Design practical character makeup for movies and TV with the leading concept artist's new tutorial series for The Gnomon Workshop.

Saturday, March 29th, 2025

Download a new pack of stock VFX assets each day until 25 December, like the snow and frost FX clips. 2K resolution, for commercial use.

Tuesday, December 19th, 2023

Get a free explosion, smoke plume and meteor trail from ActionVFX's new library of stock .vdb files, with a Blender fire and smoke shader.

Sunday, November 26th, 2023

Get 6 free FX clips of emergency flares, 19 cartoon fire and smoke effects, and 50 dirt textures. For commercial use.

Tuesday, December 28th, 2021

Get 60fps clips of lightning strikes in ProRes 4444 format at 2K or 4K resolution. For commercial use.

Sunday, December 15th, 2019

New Gnomon training reveals how to create supports for expressive, anatomically accurate sculptures.

Saturday, April 13th, 2019

Updated with a new batch of winter offers: save money on CG software and resources with these deals.

Friday, December 21st, 2018

Get a set of 20 hue-shiftable FX clips in ProRes 422 format at 2K or 4K resolution. For commercial use.

Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

VFX library's 2K practical effects clips now cost as little as $5; 4K to 6K fire and smoke cost $15-20.

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

Download 15 black-and-white textures to complement explosions in VFX shots. Commercial use.

Monday, May 29th, 2017

Download high-quality practical elements to simulate bullet hits. 2K resolution, 60fps; commercial use.

Sunday, March 26th, 2017

Check out our seasonal list of money-saving offers on CG tools including 3D-Coat, Arion, Mari, Modo and Xfrog.

Friday, December 23rd, 2016

High-quality bullet hole textures, sound FX and footage of casings, all licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, October 30th, 2016