Adobe ships After Effects 17.6
Compositing software's Content Aware-Fill object removal system now compensates automatically for lighting changes across a shot.
Thursday, January 14th, 2021
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Agisoft ships Metashape 1.7
Check out the new features in the photogrammetry tool, including faster depth map generation and integration with laser scan data.
Friday, January 8th, 2021
Planetside Software releases Terragen 4.5
Landscape-generation software gets OpenColorIO support, plus better support for PBR workflows.
Thursday, January 7th, 2021
Master Houdini's Ocean toolset
Discover how to simulate realistic ocean surfaces, complete with foam and spray, in The Gnomon Workshop's introductory tutorial.
Thursday, December 31st, 2020
Basefount releases Animcraft
Neat tool for building animation libraries retargets motion between characters from 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, Unity and UE4.
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2020
Discover 10 key features for CG artists in Unity 2020.2
Read our pick of the new features in the game engine, from ray traced reflections to real-time compositing.
Monday, December 21st, 2020
Master Houdini particle effects
Get to grips with Houdini's VFX-industry-standard particle effects tools with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new introductory tutorial.
Sunday, December 20th, 2020
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Houdini
See all the new features in the Houdini edition of renderer, from ACEScg to updates to VRayDirt.
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Create detailed environments in Gaea and Houdini
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial reveals how Gaea's procedural terrain tools extend VFX workflows.
Monday, December 14th, 2020
Master Maya customisation for faster animation
Harness Maya's hidden powers with Naughty Dog animator Ari Flesch's time-saving tips and hacks.
Monday, December 7th, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.26
Read our pick of the new features, from water and volumetric clouds to Booleans and GPU lightmapping.
Friday, December 4th, 2020
Autodesk releases 3ds Max 2021.3
Update to the 3D software adds new retopology tools and support for bloom effects in the viewport.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2020
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to ZBrush 2021
Master the industry-standard 3D sculpting software with over 50 hours of detailed video training.
Tuesday, December 1st, 2020