The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2017
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by our 125,000 Facebook followers.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018
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Motiva unveils Unknit for Unreal Engine and 3ds Max
Watch a demo of this promising UV unwrapping tool from the devs behind UE4's Datasmith toolset.
Thursday, January 4th, 2018
The Gnomon Workshop ships Hyper-realistic Insect Design
Model, texture and render realistic insects in ZBrush, Maya and Substance Painter with Eric Keller's detailed tutorial.
Sunday, December 3rd, 2017
SideFX releases Houdini 16.5
Video: see Houdini's upcoming retopology and facial autorigging tools, and a lot of neat new fluid, crowd and hair simulation features.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
Master environment art with Gnomon's new training videos
Two detailed new video tutorials set out current environment design workflows for VFX and games.
Monday, October 30th, 2017
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Houdini 17
Get started with Houdini with Psyop veteran Robby Branham's step-by-step guide to core workflows.
Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Gnomon releases Texturing and Shading for Production
Follow ILM artist Jesse Flores's eight-hour video tutorial in Maya, Mari, V-Ray and Substance Painter.
Tuesday, September 12th, 2017
Get Creating First-Person Shooter Animations for Games
Master the skills to work on a AAA shooter with Call of Duty veteran Bill Buckley's new Gnomon tutorial.
Monday, September 4th, 2017
Get Creating Key Art Illustration for Film and Games
See Fox Studios senior concept illustrator Alex Nice's workflow in Gnomon's new two-hour tutorial.
Saturday, July 15th, 2017
Master the art of combat animation for games
Follow Riot Games senior animator Jason Shum's step-by-step guide in Gnomon's four-hour training video.
Wednesday, July 5th, 2017
Master the art of vehicle design for film and TV
Lucasfilm concept artist Matthew Savage's unique Gnomon tutorial reveals how to sci-fi vehicles as physical props.
Saturday, June 24th, 2017
Get Allan McKay's free 15-hour fireball VFX training course
Create a movie-quality shot of a fireball ripping through a plane interior with the FX guru's detailed new free course.
Thursday, June 15th, 2017
Gnomon releases Pre-Visualization for Film
Master modern previs workflows with ex-20th Century Fox previs supervisor Jason Michael Hall's essential guide.
Friday, June 2nd, 2017