Tutorial: Unreal Engine 5 Lighting Fundamentals
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial sets out all of UE5's key lighting tools, from Lightmass to Lumen.
Wednesday, August 24th, 2022
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Boris FX makes Particle Illusion 2022.5 available free
Free standalone edition of the particle generator can now emit particles from imported 3D models.
Friday, August 19th, 2022
Adobe releases Substance 3D add-on for Blender 0.91
See what's new in this major compatibility-breaking update to the Substance plugin for Blender.
Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
Download Andrew Averkin's free 3ds Max Assembly Tool
Amazing set of free tools and scripts adds brush- and physics-based set dressing to 3ds Max.
Monday, August 15th, 2022
Download Autodesk's free Maya 2023 Bonus Tools
Free Maya modelling and rigging add-ons now include ProSets, Mainframe North's procedural modelling tool.
Monday, August 15th, 2022
Autodesk open-sources RV
Updated: only "core components" of the award-winning image viewer and shot playback tool will be open-sourced, not the full product.
Thursday, August 11th, 2022
Nvidia unveils NeuralVDB
'Next evolution' of OpenVDB brings the power of AI to volumetric data, reducing the memory footprint of fluid simulations by up to 100x.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Nvidia announces plan to 'evolve USD beyond VFX'
Check out its roadmap for growing USD beyond the movie industry to become the 'foundation of the open metaverse'.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Tutorial: Designing & Creating a Creature Bust
Create a production-ready 3D creature with this new Gnomon Workshop tutorial from Wētā FX's Pascal Raimbault.
Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Physically Based lists PBR values for real-world materials
Need to recreate ketchup in your CG software? This free online database has the info you need.
Monday, August 8th, 2022
Free app Kiri Engine uses AI to edit noise from 3D scans
Promising new AI-enhanced photogrammetry app is available for both Android and iOS phones.
Sunday, August 7th, 2022
Tutorial: Creating Stylized VFX in Unreal Engine 5
Create a game-ready magic attack using UE5's Niagara toolset with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Saturday, August 6th, 2022
KeenTools ships FaceBuilder 2022.2 for Blender and Nuke
Turn photos of actors into matching MetaHumans with the new version of the head-generation plugin.
Friday, August 5th, 2022