SideFX launches PilotPDG
Standalone pipeline tool lets studios build new VFX, game dev and machine learning workflows around Houdini's new PDG tech.
Friday, March 15th, 2019
visual effects
Red Giant releases Trapcode Suite 15.1
Free update to suite of After Effects plugins adds the option to use text and masks as particle emitters.
Friday, March 1st, 2019
Sneak peek: real-time ray tracing in Notch Builder
See the real-time motion graphics tool's interesting new path tracing system. Runs on any current GPU.
Thursday, February 21st, 2019
Eye candy: Gnomon's eerily beautiful 2019 student reel
Watch nine minutes of the best new student VFX, animation and CG art from the top international school.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019
SpeedTree Cinema 8.2 ships
Tree-creation software gets new toolset for blending meshes captured via photogrammetry into its procedurally generated trees.
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2018
Watch the best tech breakdown videos of the year, as chosen by CG Channel's Facebook followers.
Saturday, January 12th, 2019
Hear The Third Floor discuss the future of visualisation
Discover new trends in previs and postvis at the legendary studio's free talk at Gnomon on 24 January. Watch free online.
Friday, January 11th, 2019
Get Allan McKay's free 7-hour Venom VFX training course
Free video tutorials reveal how to recreate everyone's favourite alien symbiote in 3ds Max and V-Ray. Includes project files.
Saturday, November 17th, 2018
Check out the new features in Unreal Engine 4.21
Highlights include updates to the Niagara FX and animation tools, and a new 'Pixel Streaming' system.
Thursday, November 8th, 2018
Red Giant adds new fluids engine to Trapcode Suite 15
After Effects tool suite's Particular and Form plugins get eyecatching new gaseous fluids capabilities.
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
Sneak peeks: Unity's Visual Effect Graph and CineCast
See Unity's new framework for authoring complex GPU-driven FX and nifty 'synthetic director' system.
Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Create a female hairstyle for production with Maya's XGen
Master current workflows for creating realistic hair with The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Saturday, October 20th, 2018
Master current workflows in VFX Animation for Television
Create a complete creature shot in Maya with Supergirl animation lead Elaina Scott's new Gnomon tutorial.
Saturday, October 6th, 2018