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Fun and Functiotional is the lighter corner of Digital Production: eyecandy, funny stuff, showreels, free downloads, and all the small tidbits that make the industry feel less like a render queue and more like a living place. Low stakes, high signal, occasionally useful, often just fun.
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Fridays for Fusion & Instancer2D: Foudini’s Copy to Points
Instancer 2D brings procedural 2D instancing, Fields, atlas textures and GPU performance to Fusion and other OpenFX hosts.
Fridays for Fusion: PROPAGATE, Finally
PROPAGATE copies changed parameters, connections, expressions and animation across Fusion nodes. An obvious idea, now available in software.
Fridays for Fusion: Lens flares, node by node
LFTools turns Fusion lens flares into modular node graphs, with procedural irises, bitmap elements, global controls and a $10 preset pack.
Fridays for Fusion: Mug Advanced Halftone
Mug Advanced Halftone brings configurable print screens, jitter, palette reduction and RGB misregistration to Resolve and Fusion via Reactor.
Fridays for Fusion: Free InPaint Macro Tackles Cleanup
InPaint adds a matte-driven cleanup helper to Reactor for Fusion shots where cloning falls apart on gradients and uneven surfaces.
Fridays for Fusion: Corner Pinner v0.13
Corner Pinner v0.13 expands a Fusion Fuse with tracker input, From Frame mode, DoD fixes and a delightfully specific overflow warning.
Fridays for Fusion: Power Renamer 25
Power Renamer 25 batch-renames Fusion media, updates node paths and provides conflict warnings, history and its own undo system.
Fridays for Fusion: Displace Plus Plus reaches Reactor
A GPU Fuse for Fusion uses maps for XY, linked XY, angle/radius, rotation and image-gradient displacement.
Ancient Relics, Modern Splats
Ten free splats bring statues, ruins and dinosaur skulls into Octane and After Effects, complete with captured texture and scene lighting. Or, whatever you use Splats for.
Fridays for Fusion: ZDefocus Adds a More Practical Z-Depth Blur
Millolab’s ml_ZDefocus macro processes normalized Z-buffers, visualises the focus region and reduces edge artefacts in Fusion.
Fridays for Fusion: Bend It
Bend It warps 2D in Fusion with bend, taper, twist, and shear plus optional lighting and materials. It needs Fusion 19.1+ and a strong sense of restraint.
Fridays for Fusion: Flow Looper animates stills in Resolve
Flow Looper targets seamless looping motion in stills inside Resolve Fusion, using spline corridors, pixel flow, and cross-fade looping.
Blender Singularity lands in 4K HDR
Singularity drops as a 4K HDR short, with free downloads of assets and encodes. Also: painterly brushstrokes meet procedural crowds.
A Lost Méliès Gag Film Resurfaces in 4K
A 45-second Georges Méliès slapstick short unseen for over a century is online again after scan and stabilization work.
RGB sliders now judge your colour skills
A free Android game turns RGB value matching into a timed test of colour perception. No scopes. No mercy.
Godot Now Shakes When You Code Badly
Tired of calm coding sessions? Ridiculous Coding turns Godot scripting into an action scene with screenshake, fireworks, and XP bars.
Open HDRI: 25 Free 29K HDRIs (More to come)
A new online library offers 25 free HDRIs at up to 29K resolution, all under a CC0 license. Open HDRI provides ultra-high-quality lighting environments without sign-ups, tracking or licensing headaches.
No hard hats mandatory: 120 Free Construction-Site Props for Unreal & Beyond
Environment artist Marcos Frazao releases 120 free semi-modular construction-site assets via Epic’s Fab marketplace. Nanite-ready, 4 K textured, and available for Unreal Engine: no dust, no steel-toed boots, and definitely no hard hats required.
Photogrammetry Parlor: Free 17-Mesh UE5 Asset Pack
Anderson Rohr has released a free Unreal Engine 5‑compatible photogrammetry pack with 17 high‑detail meshes and 4K–8K textures.
Browser Cloth: Wiggle It Just a Little Bit
Finally, a cloth sim that runs in your browser and doesn’t crash your machine. Click, drag, wiggle—no download, just delightful chaos.
Free Assets, High Tech – No splinters to be feared!
150 free, modular workshop assets for Unreal Engine. Get ready for precision, plug-and-play, and a cheeky tech upgrade
DaVinci Resolve 19: Free Beginner’s Guide Now Available
Blackmagic Design releases a free beginner’s guide for DaVinci Resolve 19, including training materials and free assets for hands-on learning.
20 New Presets for Tiny Eye 1.3: Eyes Wide Open
Tiny Eye 1.3 receives 20 new presets, adding more versatility to this real-time graphics tool for VFX and CGI. Check the update before diving into production!
Fly Blender Like a Drone – For Free!
A free Blender add-on turns your camera into a drone-style controller, bringing a new perspective to 3D animation and VFX.
From Sketch to Scene: Clay Pencil Turns 2D into 3D in Real Time
Clay Pencil transforms 2D sketches into 3D animations in real-time, leveraging Blender’s node-based Geometry Nodes system.
SideFX Offers Free Houdini Muscle Masterclass
If you already know your New Years resolution to get "fit" will fail as miserably as always: Why not change the objective and build muscles in Houdini?
UE Project Titan: Open-World Learning Resource
Epic Games releases Project Titan Unreal Engine project with tools, training, and assets for game developers.
Sony Releases BURANO Test Files for Download
Test Sony’s BURANO camera with free downloadable footage for workflow evaluation.
Free 3D Looping Animated Tree Asset
"VFXAssets" on Gumroad offers a free procedural 3D looping animated tree for VFX, game design, and CGI workflows—ideal for environment animation projects - a larger library is also available!
Download 125 Free 2D Cloud Textures for VFX
Get 125 free 2D cloud textures for VFX and post-production. Perfect for compositing, matte painting, and CGI workflows.
Free Update: Reallusion’s Blender Auto Setup Plugin Enhances CC4 Workflows
Reallusion updates its free Blender Auto Setup plugin, improving rigging, shader setup, and character import workflows for Character Creator 4 and iClone.
WRetargetTool: Free Animation Retargeting Tool for Maya
Discover WRetargetTool, a free and adaptable animation retargeting solution for Maya, focused on simplifying character animation and mocap transfer.
Free Brushstroke Tools Now Available for Blender from Blender Studio
New brushstroke tools for Blender—free from Blender Studio—offer expanded control for digital sculpting and painting.
Blender Conference 2024: Mastering Topology and Retopology
Blender Conference 2024 covered practical topology techniques for 3D workflows, with a free PDF guide on efficient modeling for diverse applications.
Epic’s Fab Debuts Free Military Airport Asset Pack for Unity and Unreal Engine
Epic Games launches free military airport environment by FreshScan on Fab, kicking off a bi-weekly release schedule for Unity and Unreal Engine assets.
Dolby Launches free Training : Visual Storytelling in HDR
Dolby has unveiled its newest training course, Visual Storytelling in HDR, designed to bridge the knowledge gap around HDR and make this technology accessible for creatives at all skill levels. Developed over months by Dolby’s expert team, the course offers practical education and SDR/HDR examples, tailored especially for creatives who may be less familiar with the technical aspects of HDR.
Blender Pack Saves Your Back: 2,000+ Interior Assets for 3D Artists
Skip the furniture store—this 2,000-item Blender pack brings diverse, ready-to-use interior assets straight to your VFX pipeline.
Flow Warp Plugin for Nuke Bends Images with Precision
The free Nuke plugin, Flow Warp, lets artists bend images along custom paths with ease—ideal for particles and tricky compositing shots.
Namaqualand 3D Assets: Free, Desert Dry—But Not Your Workflow!
Poly Haven drops over 30 3D scans and 10 HDRIs of South African desert plants and rocks, free for VFX pros. Formats? Blender, FBX, USD—and more.
Free Houdini Animation Tutorial Now Available
A new free tutorial for learning animation in Houdini has been released. Ideal for artists looking to expand their skills in procedural workflows.
Friday Fun: Temple Run, selfmade
Virtual production artists, rejoice! Scans Factory has just unleashed a massive free asset pack of over 120 high-resolution 3D scans of ancient Cambodian temples, available on the Unreal Engine Marketplace.
KAOS Showreel
Sadly there won't be a second season of KAOS, but at least we'll enjoy this Breakdown of Cerberus, the three-headed dog, made by Cinesite.
Free Blender Addon Converts Images to 3D Models
A new Blender addon converts 2D images to 3D objects. It's free, easy to use, and available for immediate download on BlenderMarket.
Subdivision Cuts Explained
A brilliantly stupid way to explain Subdivision cuts. (Link to a Instagram Video)
KAOS-showreel
Since we immensly enjoyed the first season of KAOS, here is a small look at the VFX. I never supsected they didn't actually burn "the Fates" on set!
Freemium Stuff: Blender to Resolve Course!
Want to streamline your VFX projects? Blender and DaVinci Resolve now work better together. Here’s what you need to know about the latest integration.
Friday Freestuff: Glitch Effect for Blender
Create glitch-based visual effects in Blender with this free distance-based glitch tool. Adjust your 3D scenes with a customizable node setup that leverages object distance to create glitch distortions.
YouTube on 35 mm
Our favourite stand-up mathematician, Matt Parker, goes through film aspects, rations and some of the common types of stock used. For all you young whippersnappers out there: Watch this, it's history that's still in effect today (hehehehe), and for all of us who are getting nostalgic: did you remember to take your ibuprofen today?
Blender meets Minecraft
With the "BlockBlender" tool, every 3D scene becomes a pixel party mix for Minecraft. Simply import, script and export - and your block adventure is ready to go!
Friday Freestuff: 25 Classic Sculptures for nothing.
Antiquity in the pipeline: Free, but not for nothing - 25 models for free download.
Third Floor Company Reel 2024
The Thri floor is all about previs, pitchvis, techvis, postvis and things like that - here is their showreel, including Avatar 2, Star Wars series, House of the Dragon and more.
CST-USD Viewer in beta
The Higher Technical Commission for Sound and Images (CST), a French association of film and audiovisual technicians, has presented the new 3D-Info tool. This tool aims to simplify the visualisation of 3D scenes and make it more efficient. The focus is on the USD format.
Eyecandy von ZBrush
Wow, finally something to look at - the new showreeel for the 2023 Zbrush version.
She-Hulk – Attorney at Law | VFX-Breakdown
Breaking (joke) news: clients represented by lawyer She-Hulk will benefit from nearly 1,000 VFX shots from Digital Domain!
Hawkeye | VFX-Breakdown
Are digital dogs the new cat content? Pizza dog Lucky blinks through the Marvel series Hawkeye - sometimes one-eyed, sometimes two-eyed. Fluffy VFXs with Image Engine!
Star Trek: Discovery | VFX-Breakdown
A decade before Kirk, Spock & Bones meandered through the Milky Way: VFX house The Outpost is switching its pipeline to warp drive for the fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery!
Resident Evil | VFX-Breakdown
Can the first live-action film series in the Resident Evil universe convince? The visual effects from the artists at MPC definitely will!
The Batman | VFX-Breakdown
The avenger with the cape: Scanline VFX has reached into its bag of tricks for the remake of the self-made superhero - and Batman into his Bat-tool belt.
MPC Episodic | VFX Breakdown
In a land before our time: ruling lizards, lordly Vikings and a marvellous 80 days around the world - a showcase of the latest visual effects.
Ms. Marvel | VFX Breakdown
The superhero guard of the Avengers is getting a new addition: for Ms Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, the super-duper hero duties straddle puberty.
Moonfall | VFX Breakdown
Fallen on the moon? In the VFX breakdown for Roland Emmerich's latest disaster film, the world is coming to an end - unfortunately ours.
Uncharted | VFX-Breakdown
Is that ghost pirate LeChuck with his crew? No, it's Nathan Drake inviting you to take a trip on his pirate ship. Splashy VFXs for the adventure film Uncharted!
Hawkeye | VFX Breakdown
The superheroes with a licence to shoot a bow: These VFXs shoot faster than Jeremy Renner can draw a compound bow.
Around the world in 80 days | VFX Breakdown
Live the nomadic lifestyle - together with enfant terrible Phileas Fogg and his entourage? Or just watch MPC's world-spanning VFXs!
Creepy VFXs for the streaming series “Raising Dion”!
See now the ghosts called by FuseFX (from the pipeline): Get lost in the haunted house with this Netflix series!
BigBug | VFX Breakdown
Robot vs. Robot: In Jean-Pierre Jeunet's latest film, hostile tin cans compete against each other. But how did the robots come about?
Kitz | VFX Breakdown
This Netflix series is a real (bluescreened) cowhide: A taste of the Tyrolean mountain air - with Scanline VFX.
Lost in Space | VFX Breakdown
They just want to play: Robo-phobics should click away from the series finale of "Lost in Space".
Lost in Space | VFX Breakdown
In the face of robotics: the robots from the final season of the popular sci-fi series rumble and rattle and clatter here!
New features for Premiere Pro!
Finally, the boredom has come to an end: with artificial intelligence for Adobe Sensei, speech to text for transcription and GPU acceleration for effects, things are getting exciting.
Ridley Road | VFX-Breakdown
Cowardly fascists versus freedom fighters: this BBC series portrays the banality of evil.
Free Guy | VFX-Breakdown
More than just collateral damage: This breakdown smashes minivans and family cars into scrap metal!
The Rescue | VFX-Breakdown
"It's burning!": Scanline VFX heats up the Chinese action film. Better than Michael Bay?
Coca-Cola Awakening | Making-of
This Orc Lieutenant is craving a caffeinated cold drink - and you're craving frozen VFXs, aren't you?
Animated feast for the eyes | Animago Afternoon
"Is that an ornithopter flying?": In 2015, the sci-fi short film "Sundays" won an animago AWARD. Watch the full short film here!
The Green Knight | VFX-Breakdown
Smart as a Fox: This knight's tale is sure to make it onto your must-watch lists.
Xtremo | VFX-Breakdown
With a bang (and a fall?): If you like explosions, these VFXs will set you on fire!
Netflix buys Scanline | Film industry
Stefan Trojansky remains head - but: Is Scanline now working exclusively for the streaming giant?
Vizplants | Vegetation Assets
"Grass grows over it": Plant your environments with high-quality 3D assets!
Houdini 2021 | Showreel
Not one, but three little pigs (called Babe): Spectacle to the power of three!
V-Ray 2021 | Showreel
Reach for the magazine (and the show values): A cross-section of VFXs in 2021.
The BFG | VFX-Breakdown
Visual effects with giant growth: Weta Digital lets Sophie and the giant off the leash!
Black Widow | VFX-Breakdown
New VFXs from Weta Digital? That's where we're heading - like a pig to a trough.
The Day the Earth Stood Still | VFX-Breakdown
Human in vitro? No, just the day Weta Digital sent Keanu Reeves to Earth.
The Mill | VFX-Breakdown
Relatively ingenious: With Einstein in the bathtub! Be sure to pack a bath bomb!
Independence Day: Resurgence | VFX-Breakdown
The Federal Minister of Transport warns: squeaky yellow American school buses attract alien monsters!
Intergalactic | VFX-Breakdown
The protein-rich trend snack: crispy creepy-crawlies! And to go with it: sci-fi visuals.
Monster Hunter | VFX-Breakdown
Are these still Ankylosaurs - or already Koopa Troopas? No, these are the Apceros from the video game film adaptation!
The Expanse | VFX-Breakdown
A day at the beach - with a bang! Will Spine VFX save our solar system?
Songbird | VFX-Breakdown
Humpty Dumpty sits on a wall... while the world is on fire: Apokalyptische Visual Effects!
Chicken Bone FX | Showreel
What distracts these young people from marital bliss? The latest VFXs, of course!
Lovecraft Country | VFX-Breakdown
Broken over the knee: Landscapes, panoramas, battlefields and other environments.