CG Channel

practical effects

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

Sunday, October 30th, 2016

Download them in 2K resolution from new stock practical effects footage site ActionVFX. Licensed for commercial use.

Sunday, July 10th, 2016

Find reference, effects and B-roll footage on this new web community from the folk behind Brusheezy.

Friday, July 20th, 2012

See previously unseen art and props from the practical effects wizards behind Avatar and Iron Man.

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, like HDR Light Studio, free Maya rigging toolset mGear, and SwitchX, Beeble's VFX AI model.

Sunday, September 13th, 2026

Master professional techniques in Photoshop and Maya with ILM Art Director Igor Staritsin's masterclass for The Gnomon Workshop.

Saturday, September 12th, 2026

Big update to the free online tool for viewing and editing 3D Gaussian Splats lets you visualize tens of millions of Gaussians smoothly.

Friday, September 11th, 2026

Check out the new features in the GPU production renderer, including updates to new real-time render engine Redshift Live.

Thursday, September 10th, 2026

Discover the studio's EmberGen-augmented postvis and final VFX for the martial arts movie's Red Throne Room and Netherworld sequences.

Thursday, September 10th, 2026

Check out the new features in compositing and motion graphics app, including the new agentic AI Assistant in the current beta build.

Wednesday, September 9th, 2026