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visual effects

Get a glimpse at some of the new features in development for the 3D texture painting software, from Substance 3D Painter 10.1 onwards.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

Discover how the VFX studio created over 560 miraculous effects shots for the Netflix chart-topping religous minseries.

Friday, June 7th, 2024

Check out games artist Vlad Hirourk's streamlined new Blender add-on for Substance-style layer-based texture painting.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

New After Effects template engine lets users of Maxon's Red Giant products create motion graphics by customizing readymade 'Capsules'.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

Major update to the Maya crowds tool adds new workflows for creating shots without simulation, and a new UE5-style ML Deformer.

Thursday, June 6th, 2024

New open shading model intended to supersede both Adobe and Autodesk's standard materials reaches its milestone 1.0 release.

Wednesday, June 5th, 2024

New slimmed-down version of AMD's current flagship workstation GPU costs $500 less than the triple-slot original.

Monday, June 3rd, 2024

Updated for 2024: find VFX, animation, game development and motion graphics studios near you with these searchable maps.

Sunday, June 2nd, 2024

Discover what makes a successful concept image with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass in professional 2D and 3D workflows.

Saturday, June 1st, 2024

Free add-on lets users pose CC characters from Reallusion's Character Creator inside UE5 using the MetaHuman interface.

Thursday, May 30th, 2024

Discover the new features in VFX artist Erik Lehmann's time-saving tool for bulk-renaming objects in Maya scenes.

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024

Master current professional real-time workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide to using UE5 in production.

Tuesday, May 28th, 2024

Material-authoring app gets new generative AI features for creating textures or patterns from text prompts and refererence images.

Friday, May 24th, 2024