Tutorial: Key Illustration Workflow for Film & TV
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals Framestore art director Philippe Gaulier's concept process.
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
Quixel Mixer
Quixel ships Mixer 2022.1
Free material-authoring app gets opacity and emissive map support. Release 'may be one of the final updates' to Mixer in its current form.
Monday, November 7th, 2022
Quixel ships Mixer 2021.1.2
Latest update extends the free material creation software's handling of UDIMs and texture sets. See all of the new features here.
Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
Chaos Czech releases Corona Renderer 7
Updated: 3ds Max and Cinema 4D editions of the renderer both ship. Check out their new features here.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
Master environment design for virtual production in UE4
Discover Unreal Engine workflows for The Mandalorian-style virtual production with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Tuesday, June 29th, 2021
Chaos Czech previews Corona Renderer 7
Check out the new features due in the next major update to the 3ds Max and Cinema 4D renderer.
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Quixel ships Mixer 2020.1.6
Free material authoring tool gets system for exporting layer masks to DCC apps and game engines, plus 65 new bundled Smart Materials.
Thursday, November 26th, 2020
Get Quixel's free Megascans plugin for Unreal Engine
Version 6.3 of the free plugin adds neat new vertex blend material, better LOD export for 3D plants.
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020
Serif is working on 3D texturing tools in Affinity Photo
See an intriguing preview of new texturing features in the popular perpetually licensed image editor.
Friday, April 17th, 2020
See the new features due in Megascans and Quixel Mixer
Megascans to get new 'modular' assets and drone scans; Mixer to get new tools for authoring stylised, painterly materials.
Tuesday, April 7th, 2020
Quixel cuts price of Megascans assets
Downloading 3D scans from the online asset library now costs you '3x to 6x' fewer subscription points.
Thursday, September 19th, 2019
Quixel releases Mixer 2019.2
Free-in-beta material-authoring tool gets new Scatter modifier, updated Pattern modifer, layer blending modes and undo/redo system.
Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Quixel ships Bridge 2019.2
VFX-focused update to the asset management tool for Megascans scan data adds USD support, plus new integration for Clarisse iFX.
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019