Rocky and stony surfaces | Tutorial Tuesday
The Lighting & Shading Artist from Pixomondo shows how beautiful visual effects can be created from terrain and rock surfaces. A video tutorial with 3ds Max and V-Ray 6.
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See: Empire of the Blind | VFX Breakdown
If you want to believe, you have to see - with Aquaman Jason Momoa & company. A dystopian VFX breakdown of the Apple Plus series.
Open source plug-ins from Amazon Web Services!
Free plug-ins from the cloud computing provider AWS. Among them: Plug-ins that have already been used by VFX house Scanline for major productions such as Aquaman.
Maxon releases ZBrush 2023!
The software developer Maxon (Cinema 4D, etc.) has released the latest version of its 3D sculpting software. One new feature: integration with the Redshift renderer - and what else?
transferring 3D characters from Reallusion software to Unity?
This plug-in helps to export characters from Character Creator, iClone and ActorCore to the game engine Unity. A free offer.
Innovations for the Maxon One product line!
ZBrush benefits from the M1 and M2 processors. Upgrades for the creative tools ZBrush, Forger, Red Giant Trapcode and Capsules are flowing through the pipeline.
How do Thinking Particles actually work?
If this question is on your mind, you can now find the answers - thanks to eight free online courses from EffectiveTD. Professional training from industry veterans at Scanline and Stormborn Studios.
New payment model introduced for the Nuke product family!
Perpetual licences will continue to be offered until the end of the year. New customers use annual subscriptions.
Omniverse updates at the CES 2023!
At the Consumer Electronics Show, graphics card manufacturer Nvidia presented innovations for its Omniverse collab platform. AI tools, Blender extension and more.
Still a checker or already a checker map?
Check it out now: With the free Checker Map from the ex-Weta-Workshop employee, chessboard maps can be customised - and downloaded in 8K!
How can vegetation be made more realistic?
Use V-Ray and Corona Renderer to make grasses, shrubs and flowers even more attractive? This free ten-minute film makes thumbs greener.
Already played Houdini 19.5?
... or still learning? With the latest edition of Houdini Foundations, the reference book by Houdini expert Robert Magee, artists learn the 3D programme Houdini from the ground up.
In space, nobody can hear you … render?
The new download package from ProductionCrate includes 80 assets that enhance aerospace. 10 assets are free of charge.
Enter text – and a finished 3D object appears?
Point-E makes it possible to generate 3D objects using text input - in minutes, with manageable graphics performance. A development of the company OpenAI.
Vesper | VFX Breakdown
A wormy worm - and a dystopian disaster: the eco-thriller Vesper Chronicles depicts a speculative future. Visual effects by Studio Mac Guff.
Motion capturing with Rokoko Video?
Still kicking (and performing MoCap): Technology company Rokoko releases its AI-powered web browser solution that allows users to transfer movements into 3D software.
Nvidia’s Omniverse gets an extensive update!
DeepSearch is being modernised, new connectors are to ensure better collaboration - and Omniverse is to become more performant and user-friendly in general.
How does a third-person game work with Blender?
YouTuber All the Works shows how to pull up a video game with a shoulder perspective. A video tutorial for Blender users.
Finally an app for stair builders!
With the Stairs Maker add-on, conventional 3D objects can be transformed into stairs (railings)! A tool for Blender.
Festivus for the Rest of us!
The Christmas tree bows, the relatives burn - or the other way round? How to survive the holiday chaos? We recommend: Reading DP 01 : 2023 - and going on an endless Star Trek adventure!
The Foundry releases Katana 6.0!
The software for look development and lighting is getting an update - and should further speed up workflows.
Create underwater scenes more easily with these free tools!
The Senior Lighting Artist from Ubisoft Montreal creates a valuable toolset - makes it available to artists free of charge via gumroad.com.
(Crisp) fresh as a pink lady: water simulation!
With the particle simulation tool tyFlow for 3ds Max, 3D artist Philip Moreton douses the apple with water. Beautiful visual effects - drop by drop.
127-part HDRI library available for free!
Grzegorz Wronkowski, the creative mind behind a footage exchange, makes HDRIs available free of charge as Blender scene files!