Get started with look development in Houdini
Take a crash course in look dev for VFX and animation with The Gnomon Workshop's latest tutorial.
Monday, February 15th, 2021
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Sneak peek: Instant Terra 2.0
Video: see the new animation toolset in the next major version of Wysilab's terrain generation tool, due for release later this month.
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
Uppercut releases U-Render 2020.9 for Cinema 4D
'Really real-time' renderer gets new color correction filter. Now fully integrated into the C4D viewport.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Creators of Pixar and Disney's hair tech win Academy Awards
Other 2020 Sci-Tech awards go to Shotgun and ftrack Studio and Intel's Embree ray tracing library.
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
Bondware ships Poser 12
First major update to the figure posing and animation software in five years adds RTX-accelerated ray tracing, CPU render denoising.
Monday, February 1st, 2021
The 20 most popular Gnomon Workshop tutorials of 2020
Discover 20 video tutorials from the leading digital training firm that no CG artist can afford to miss.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
Discover how to create photorealistic 3D props
Master industry-standard modelling and shading workflows in The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Sunday, January 31st, 2021
Adobe releases Substance Painter 2021.1
3D texture painting tool gets new Geometry Mask system, plus option to copy effects between layers.
Friday, January 29th, 2021
Master advanced Houdini hair grooming techniques
Create production-ready grooms in ILM artist Kristin Farrensteiner's Gnomon Workshop masterclass.
Sunday, January 24th, 2021
Sneak peek: Chaos Group's R&D work on V-Ray's VRayMtl
Video: see the new translucency in the standard V-Ray material, expected in V-Ray 5 Update 1.
Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.5
Landscape-generation software gets OpenColorIO support, plus better support for PBR workflows.
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
Discover how a Gnomon Workshop tutorial is created
Follow instructor Eric Keller as he creates Introduction to Maya 2020, his detailed new Gnomon tutorial.
Friday, January 1st, 2021
Master Houdini's Ocean toolset
Discover how to simulate realistic ocean surfaces, complete with foam and spray, in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Thursday, December 31st, 2020