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Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

See the new features in the suite of effects plugins, including Magic Bullet 2024.1, Trapcode 2024.1, Universe 2024.1 and VFX 2024.1.

Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Check out the changes to Autodesk's set of free add-ons for 3D modeling and UV editing, now updated to support Maya 2024.

Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

3D clothing design software creator Jaden Oh wins tech 'Oscar', along with the creators of open standards USD, OpenVDB and Alembic.

Monday, January 15th, 2024

See how Absolute turned shots of a castle taken into October into a snowy winter landscape for Apple TV+'s period drama.

Sunday, January 14th, 2024

Create art-directable simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to Houdini's FLIP fluids and rigid body dynamics toolsets.

Friday, January 12th, 2024

See a VFX breakdown of the strange shape-shifting creatures Realtime created for the UK sci-fi show's 60th anniversary special.

Thursday, January 11th, 2024

Firm to cut approximately 1,800 jobs in a bid to refocus on its core game engine and game tools business.

Tuesday, January 9th, 2024

Get the Ithris Cemetery and Fantasy Bundle Environment Kit 3 in 1 packs free from the Unreal Marketplace this month. For commercial use.

Sunday, January 7th, 2024

Get started in character animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Saturday, January 6th, 2024

Handy add-on lets users export rigged characters from Maya to AI animation tool Cascadeur in a few clicks, then send animation back.

Thursday, December 28th, 2023

New $10 add-on brings simple Houdini-style physics-based scene layout workflows to the open-source 3D software.

Thursday, December 28th, 2023

Neat tool to simplify world building in Unreal Engine 5 gets new Physics Paint system, PBR texture packing. Perpetual licenses now available.

Wednesday, December 27th, 2023