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visual effects

Get 125 free cloud textures on black backgrounds for background compositing in VFX or motion graphics projects. Commercial use.

Sunday, November 17th, 2024

Check out the new features in the suite of motion graphics and VFX plugins and the online library of effects and transitions.

Friday, November 15th, 2024

Read our pick of the features in this huge update to the game engine, from MegaLights to character rigging, animation and rendering.

Thursday, November 14th, 2024

Update to the 3D compositing app extends USD and OCIO workflow, and adds new options for toggling between inputs in compositions.

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

Discover the key features for VFX artists and colorists in the free grading and editing software and its $295 Studio edition.

Wednesday, November 13th, 2024

Veteran 3D modeling and rendering software retired after 20 years, with no further updates expected after Modo 17.1, due later this year.

Thursday, November 7th, 2024

New batches of commercial tools and assets will be made available free on the online marketplace for two weeks, every two weeks.

Thursday, November 7th, 2024

AI-based system lets you find online stock assets matching reference images or plain-text descriptions, directly inside the apps.

Wednesday, November 6th, 2024

Royalty-free open-source codec for professional video production is the VFX industry standards body's latest hosted project.

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

Rigging artist Walter Delgado's intuitive add-on retargets animation between 3D characters, regardless of rig structure.

Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

Crate's Unmult, Crate's Chromatic Aberration and Crate's Long Shadow streamline common tasks in VFX, motion graphics and CG work.

Sunday, November 3rd, 2024

Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.

Friday, November 1st, 2024

Latest major update to the renderer adds support for 3D Gaussian Splatting and luminaires, and updates V-Ray GPU and the VFB.

Thursday, October 31st, 2024