Check out the new features due in EmberGen 2.0
Next major update to the real-time smoke and fire simulator to feature sparse sims, simulation retiming, USD support and a macOS edition.
Monday, January 27th, 2025
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RE:Vision Effects launches Twixtor Standalone
GPU-accelerated, AI-powered video retiming tool can now be used without a host app, for under half the price of a regular plugin license.
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2025
See the new features due in Unreal Engine 5.6 and beyond
Check out upcoming features in the game engine, from rendering and simulation to Megaworlds biomes, next-gen terrain and Anim Next.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Left Angle releases Autograph 2025
Big update to the compositing and motion design app adds a DaVinci Resolve Live Link, an After Effects converter - and a new free edition.
Tuesday, January 21st, 2025
Check out this GPU-accelerated Houdini Skin Slide Deformer
DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic skin sliding without tissue simulation. Free to try on personal projects.
Monday, January 20th, 2025
Check out this free 2D Rim Light Tool for Nuke
Compositing Academy's handy add-on creates fake rim lighting on 2D images for title sequences and motion graphics using only an alpha.
Monday, January 20th, 2025
Create motion graphics in Nuke with the new Screen FX plugin
Compositing Academy's affordable add-on provides over 50 custom nodes for creating common screen graphics effects and transitions.
Friday, January 17th, 2025
Master Cinematic Sand & Dust Simulations Using Houdini
Master professional production workflows for managing complex simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's Houdini masterclass.
Friday, January 17th, 2025
Chaos releases V-Ray 7 for Cinema 4D
Check out the new features in the renderer, including native OpenPBR and 3D Gaussian Splatting support, and improvements to V-Ray GPU.
Thursday, January 16th, 2025
These simple free tools convert Maya shaders to Blender
VFX artist Robert Rioux's handy open-source tools convert the aiStandardSurface shader to Blender's Principled BSDF.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Adobe releases Substance 3D Designer 14.1
Check out the new features in the material authoring software, including updates to the Spline tools and node graph.
Wednesday, January 15th, 2025
Free tool: Hair Cinematic Tool for Unreal Engine 5
Argentum Studio's in-house tool gives access to Unreal Engine 5's internal settings to improve the look of hair and fur in your renders.
Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
Master World Building using Blender and Photoshop
Discover how to create story-rich environment concept art for games and VFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, January 13th, 2025