Master new 3D and VR workflows for mech design
New Gnomon Workshop tutorial Designing a Piloted Combat Mech provides over 10 hours of training.
Friday, January 3rd, 2020
visual effects
Eye candy: Foundry's 2019 APAC showreel
Watch an eye-catching two-minute round-up of the best animation and VFX from China, Japan and Korea.
Wednesday, January 1st, 2020
10 key features for CG artists from Unreal Engine 4.24
See the best new tools in the game engine and real-time renderer - from landscape editing to 3D text.
Sunday, December 15th, 2019
The best Black Friday and winter 2019 deals for CG artists
Save money this month with these great seasonal deals on CG software, hardware and assets.
Friday, November 29th, 2019
SideFX ships Houdini 18
Major update to Houdini adds new look dev and layout system Solaris, USD-native renderer Karma, new modelling and simulation tools.
Wednesday, November 27th, 2019
Get free VFX image viewer and playback tool DJV 2
Ex-Lucasfilm engineer Darby Johnston's shot review tool is engineered for serious VFX and animation work.
Sunday, November 24th, 2019
Foundry closes Athera
All-in-one production platform pitched as a complete visual effects studio in the cloud shuts just 18 months after its commercial launch.
Thursday, November 7th, 2019
Sapphire, Mocha Pro and Silhouette win Emmy Awards
Boris FX's effects, planar tracking and roto tools win Engineering Emmys for contributions to TV tech.
Friday, October 25th, 2019
Group test: Nvidia Quadro, Titan and GeForce RTX GPUs
Which Nvidia GPU is best for DCC work? Jason Lewis benchmarks the firm's new Turing graphics cards.
Friday, October 11th, 2019
Apple acquires IKinema
Motion capture technology firm's middleware and IKinema Action plugin for Maya are no longer available for sale on its website.
Thursday, October 10th, 2019
Foundry ships Nuke 12.0, NukeX 12.0, Nuke Studio 12.0
Base edition of the software gets neat Healing Brush-like Inpaint node; NukeX gets VR compositing tools from Cara VR.
Sunday, September 29th, 2019
Rookies 2019 rankings reveal the world's best CG schools
US schools Gnomon and SVA place top for visual effects and animation; Malaysia's The One Academy best for concept art.
Thursday, September 12th, 2019
RealityCapture gets new 'pay-per-input' pricing
New pricing makes the powerful photogrammetry tool available for a mimum payment of just over $20.
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019