RealityCapture is now free to schools and universities
Students and teachers can now use the popular photogrammetry app via a college's free master licence.
Friday, September 10th, 2021
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Ziva Dynamics makes Ziva VFX Academic licences free
Powerful Maya soft tissue simulation plugin now available free to students and educators.
Wednesday, April 8th, 2020
Foundry makes its software free to students for a year
New Education Collective bundles also provide ongoing discounts on Nuke, Mari, Modo and Katana.
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
The 10 best visual effects breakdowns of 2016
Watch our pick of the best movie, TV and commercials breakdown videos created in the past year.
Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Pixar releases RenderMan 21 Non-Commercial
Free version of Pixar's production renderer now available for learning, personal use, plugin development.
Wednesday, November 16th, 2016
Terragen 4 Pro now free for students and teachers
Educational users get free, non feature-limited licenses of Terragen 4 Professional, normally sold for $699.
Friday, September 23rd, 2016
Gnomon opens its doors to high school students
New High School Summer Camp gives 14-to-18-year-olds access to firm's award-winning CG training.
Wednesday, May 11th, 2016
Free non-commercial version of FurryBall ships
Get the free version of the GPU renderer for Max, Maya and C4D. Not watermarked, but capped at full HD.
Wednesday, January 14th, 2015
My time at Gnomon: DC Collectibles' James Marsano
The man behind DC Comics' iconic collectibles explains how Gnomon helped him to a career in CG.
Friday, November 21st, 2014
Autodesk software now free to schools worldwide
3ds Max, Maya, et al now free to colleges worldwide, as well as individual students and teachers.
Friday, October 10th, 2014
Epic makes Unreal Engine 4 free to students
Updated: you can now download it directly from GitHub, rather than waiting for your school to sign up.
Wednesday, October 8th, 2014
Eye candy: Gnomon's new Best of Term awards
See great student work from the US CG school, including a rather smug vampire and a bit of cross-dressing.
Friday, July 4th, 2014
Otoy makes OctaneRender 1.2 free to students
Got an educational email address? Download the GPU-based renderer plus 3ds Max and Blender plugins.
Friday, March 7th, 2014