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Discover which colleges were named the best for 3D animation, game art, visual effects, and overall world's best creative school.

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

Check out the new features in the compositing and effects software, including a new workflow for subtitles and H.264 export.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Free generative AI plugin creates images and textures inside After Effects from text prompts, or even frames of a composition.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Check out the CG dogs MPC created for the canine comedy, with the help of Houdini/USD-based fur grooming toolset LOMA.

Thursday, October 26th, 2023

Discover how Rodeo FX created the gigantic, scorpion-like CG Pit Monster from Season 3 of the fantasy series.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Check out Framestore's VFX breakdown of some of its 520 VFX shots from Season 2 of the Amazon Prime Video fantasy series.

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

Latest update to the production renderer improves performance in real-time render engine Redshift RT.

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

Sizeable update to the AI-assisted character animation software adds audio capabilities, plus support for USD files and quad meshes.

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

See the new features due in the next major version of Houdini, including updates to animation and simulation and the Karma renderer.

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

Popular real-time smoke and fire simulator gets support for ground plane shadows, and initial support for importing skinned meshes.

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

New plugin makes it easier to refine head meshes from Character Creator in ZBrush, including sculpting custom expressions.

Tuesday, October 17th, 2023

Check out the new features in the compositing and editorial software, including native Apple Silicon and OpenAssetIO support.

Friday, October 13th, 2023

Interesting experimental AI tech composites an actor from one shot into the environment from another without roto or 3D tracking.

Thursday, October 12th, 2023