Lucasfilm and ILM open-source MaterialX
New open exchange standard for material data aims to do for look dev what Alembic did for geometry.
Thursday, July 13th, 2017
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Get Allan McKay's free 15-hour fireball VFX training course
Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course.
Thursday, June 15th, 2017
Visit The Art of Environment Storytelling for Video Games
Get environment art tips from Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward and Monolith artists at Gnomon's free event on 29 April.
Wednesday, April 19th, 2017
Get Epic Games' free model of a photorealistic human head
Download a free Unreal Engine 4 scene with a scanned model of a male head and 4K skin textures.
Sunday, April 16th, 2017
Master Environment Creation for Film and Cinematics
New Gnomon tutorial reveals how to create a photorealistic 3D environment from start to finish.
Sunday, April 2nd, 2017
New Gnomon video: Creating Props for Games, Vol 2.
Master PBR shading workflows in Substance Painter and UE4 with Riot Games' Nick Reynolds' detailed guide.
Friday, March 24th, 2017
Side Effects Software releases Houdini 16
Updated: 'Largest ever' Houdini update adds autorigging, more simulation tools, terrain system. Now shipping.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017
See how Naughty Dog created Uncharted 4's environments
Discover how the hit PS4 title was created at Gnomon's LA campus this Thursday. Watch online for free.
Tuesday, January 17th, 2017
Get Allan McKay's new free 18-hour VFX training course
Create a complete reverse-gravity destruction FX shot in 3ds Max and Nuke. Includes source footage and project files.
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
Gnomon releases Creating a Gun in Modo
Master pro techniques for prop design with Wolfenstein: The New Order art director Tor Frick's video.
Thursday, October 13th, 2016
Maxon ships Cinema 4D R18
Major update adds neat MoGraph options, object tracking, real-time knife tools, and Substance support.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Triumph releases Blend4Web 16.08
Toolset for turning Blender scenes into interactive web apps gets improved Normal Editor, more shading options.
Thursday, September 1st, 2016
Download a free real-time PBR shader for Blender
Aidy Burrows' free shader set-up mimics UE4's physically based shading in the Blender viewport.
Tuesday, August 30th, 2016