Download KitBash3D's free Neo City buildings kit
Get futuristic 3D buildings in the native formats of 3ds Max, Blender, C4D, Maya, Houdini, UE4 and Unity. For commercial use.
Monday, August 17th, 2020
visual effects
Free tool EbSynth turns video into hand-painted animation
Now in beta: neat app applies the look of hand-painted stills to video. Now exports direct to After Effects.
Friday, August 14th, 2020
Watch Gnomon's masterclass on creating a fantasy creature
Take a CG creature from concept to final render with Avengers artist Babak Bina's five-hour masterclass.
Monday, August 10th, 2020
Eye candy: SideFX's 2020 Houdini Film & TV Reel
See the best new VFX work done in Houdini, plus breakdown videos of how the effects were created.
Tuesday, July 28th, 2020
Master natural environment creation for visual effects
Create detailed environments in Houdini and Clarisse iFX with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Monday, July 27th, 2020
Boris FX's new Optics app gives 'VFX for photographers'
New Photoshop plugin and standalone image-editing app includes key filters from Sapphire.
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2020
Epic Games will pay you $10,000 to learn Unreal Engine
New Unreal Fellowship program will pay VFX and games pros to do four weeks of online UE4 training.
Tuesday, July 21st, 2020
Master movie-quality crowd simulation with Massive Prime
Master the crowd simulation tool with The Gnomon Workshop's comprehensive 11-hour tutorial.
Saturday, July 18th, 2020
Autodesk releases RV 7.8
Image viewer and playback tool provided with Shotgun gets new prorgressive loading system to speed up work on long playlists.
Saturday, July 18th, 2020
SideFX 'backports' new features to Houdini 18.0
Can't wait for Houdini 18.5? Check out the neat new topology transfer and rendering options available in Houdini 18 today.
Wednesday, July 8th, 2020
Autodesk ships Flame 2021.1
See what's new in the compositing and finishing application, including workflow improvements and support for DNxUncompressed.
Monday, June 29th, 2020
10bit FX ships Notch 0.9.23.121
Big update with a small version number adds a new GPU-based chroma keyer to the real-time motion graphics and VFX software.
Friday, June 19th, 2020
Eye candy: Adobe's new Substance in Film showreel
See the best VFX work done with Substance Painter and Designer, plus tech breakdowns of key films.
Thursday, June 18th, 2020