Epic Games releases free Shotgun integration for UE4
New plugin integrates UE4 with the production-tracking system. Includes a Maya FBX exporter for asset review.
Friday, August 31st, 2018
visual effects
Eye candy: IDV's epic 2018 SpeedTree VFX showreel
Watch innocent CG trees meet their ends at the hands of superheroes, spacecraft crashes and King Kong.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
Otoy unveils OctaneRender 2019 for Unreal Engine
New integration promises UE4 users GPU-based light field baking and support for ORBX scenes.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
Eye candy: SideFX's 2018 Houdini customer reel
See the best new work created in Houdini, from Blade Runner 2049 to VFX from Germany and Japan.
Monday, August 6th, 2018
Curó generates and tracks budgets for VFX projects
Avatar VFX producer Joyce Cox's new online platform provides a smarter way to cost out VFX shows.
Wednesday, July 25th, 2018
Sculpt your own Ant-Man with Gnomon's ZBrush masterclass
Learn creature sculpting from the pros at Gnomon's ZBrush Sunday event on 29 July. Watch free online.
Sunday, July 22nd, 2018
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.20
Artists get new Niagara modular VFX editor, new options for shading human skin, plus cinematic DoF.
Saturday, July 21st, 2018
Clarisse Builder launches
Supercharged edition of Isotropix's layout and look dev app puts all of Clarisse iFX's tools into a powerful new node-based environment.
Thursday, July 19th, 2018
The Gnomon Workshop ships Introduction to Modo
VFX artist Gennaro Esposito's new video tutorial provides a quick-start guide to the key tools in Modo 12.
Monday, July 16th, 2018
Get Allan McKay's free eight-hour plasma VFX tutorial
VFX supervisor's new free training course comes with full project files in MAX, FBX and Alembic formats.
Thursday, May 31st, 2018
ActionVFX halves price of all stock effects clips
VFX library's 2K practical effects clips now cost as little as $5; 4K to 6K fire and smoke cost $15-20.
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
Foundry unveils Athera, its new cloud-based VFX platform
Updated: new service aims to let users run a full VFX studio via a web browser. Pricing now revealed.
Monday, April 30th, 2018
Get handy free VFX pipeline management tool Prism
Open-source app handles common asset and render management tasks. Integrates with Blender, Max, Maya, Houdini, Nuke.
Sunday, April 29th, 2018