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Industry open-source initiative to 'support and drive collaboration' around OpenCue render manager.

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

See amazing work created with the renderer, then follow our links to the studios' technical breakdowns.

Friday, May 3rd, 2019

Online rendering service now offers up to 48,000 CPU cores per user, new GPU rendering options.

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

Supergirl animation supervisor Elaina Scott's Gnomon tutorial takes you from previs to final shot.

Friday, April 26th, 2019

Director Chris Staehler reveals how he created award-winning sci-fi film The Beacon at Gnomon next week. Watch free online.

Friday, April 19th, 2019

See key artists break down their CG work on the drama at Gnomon's Hollywood campus next week. Watch free online.

Saturday, April 13th, 2019

Cinema 4D developer acquires the well-regarded GPU production renderer. We assess what the buyout will mean for CG artists.

Tuesday, April 9th, 2019

See new work created in 3ds Max, Maya and Flame, from Fantastic Beasts to fabulous student shorts.

Monday, April 8th, 2019

Master Isotropix's powerful set dressing, look dev and rendering software with The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new tutorial.

Saturday, April 6th, 2019

Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools.

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019

Handy online image library offers reference photos for VFX artists at high resolution and multiple EVs.

Sunday, March 31st, 2019

Deadpool artist Kevin Bolivar's new Gnomon tutorial demystifies object and camera tracking for VFX work.

Friday, March 22nd, 2019

Standalone pipeline tool lets studios build new VFX, game dev and machine learning workflows around Houdini's new PDG tech.

Friday, March 15th, 2019