CG Channel

visual effects

French movie trade organization CST's free tool offers an intuitive way to explore USD scenes. Now plays back animations in USD scenes, too.

Sunday, September 8th, 2024

iClone update extends the real-time animation tool's crowd simulations with smart props and accessories. See all the new features here.

Saturday, September 7th, 2024

First update to the open standard for VFX plugins in almost a decade improves color management, and widens CPU and GPU support.

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Heavyweight story development tool with integrations to Photoshop and Maya can now also be used in a standard web browser.

Friday, September 6th, 2024

Check out the new features in the GPU-accelerated sparse volumetric fluid solver, including support for height fields as collision sources.

Wednesday, September 4th, 2024

Discover which NVIDIA GPU is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests, including Blender, Maya and UE5.

Friday, August 30th, 2024

Check out Reblika's promising all-in-one standalone app for creating ultra-detailed 3D characters for games and animation.

Friday, August 30th, 2024

Check out this promising new 3D clothing design tool for VFX and game development, and its Unreal Engine cloth simulation plugin.

Wednesday, August 28th, 2024

Promising AI-based virtual projection app extracts actors from video and relights them to match a new background. Try it free in beta.

Tuesday, August 27th, 2024

Eye-catching app makes it easy to dress 3D characters, auto-fitting 'any 3D wearable' to any bipedal avatar. See what's due in the 2.0 update.

Monday, August 26th, 2024

Master real-world production workflows in Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced tutorial in visual effects compositing.

Sunday, August 25th, 2024

Check out the latest features in the compositing and motion graphics app, including new options for exporting files and managing fonts.

Saturday, August 24th, 2024

Intuitive add-on can generate an animated 3D reconstruction of an actor's head from video footage, for animation. VFX or motion graphics.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024