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SideFX Houdini 18 Launch
The next release is already coming: SideFX announces the launch event for the new Houdini 18 release!
AMD Supports Blender with €120,000
After Epic Games and Nvidia, the next patron steps up: AMD is supporting Blender development with a further €120,000 per year.
Unity | Price Increase from 2020
From the beginning of 2020, prices for Unity subscriptions will increase—affecting the Plus and Pro licenses for the game engine.
Free: Arnold Scene Converter
From V-Ray or Corona to Arnold? The free 3ds Max tool makes it easier to convert scenes.
Black Mirror | Making of Bandersnatch
The interactive Black Mirror film in a VFX breakdown: Glassworks shows its work on the Netflix project in a new clip.
Stranger Things 3 | Rodeo FX Breakdowns
RodeFX worked on large parts of the third season of Stranger Things: The studio has released new VFX breakdowns!
Animation Tips Series: Birds, Insects and Dogs
Beetles, birds and walking cycles: These videos examine different animal gaits for animation.
3D Model Haven Announced
A new free 3D model library is in the starting blocks: 3D Model Haven follows in the footsteps of HDRI and Texture Haven.
Nvidia Supports Blender Development
Since the 2.80 release, financial support for Blender has gained serious momentum: Now Nvidia is also supporting development!
CityEngine 2019.1 Released
And on we go with city generation: CityEngine 2019.1 with new features and a Maya plug-in.
AE Lockdown: Warping Surface Tracker
Want to simplify clean-up and beauty work? The new "Lockdown" plug-in promises to simplify the work.
Conference Program Online | animago 2019
The animago team has really pulled out all the stops again this year: Take a look at the new 2019 conference program and join us!
Foundry releases Nuke 12.0
Foundry releases the 12.0 update for Nuke, NukeX and Nuke Studio with many new features, including a new Inpaint Node and more!
Digic Pictures Reel 2019
Digic with a new demo reel: The studio presents its work from the past year—2018 to 2019.
Lumberyard with New PhysX
Amazon's "Lumberyard" game engine receives another update: The new beta version comes with changes for the Animation Editor, PhysX and more!
Industry Panel: The Pipeline of the Future
How do TDs and supervisors from major studios imagine the pipeline of the future? There was an exciting panel discussion about it at Siggraph!
Houdini: Procedural Traffic System
Traffic system in Houdini? Franco Pizzani describes how to build a VEX-based traffic system.
The New Unreal Engine Is Here | 4.23
Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.23, the new version of the game engine—which is intended to be used increasingly for film, TV and VFX!
The New CryEngine | Release 5.6
New tech trailer for the launch of the new CryEngine: Version 5.6 is now available and brings several new features!
RealityCapture with New Licenses
That can happen quickly: Capturing Reality changes its licenses. The offer for freelancers will end at the end of September.
Sneak Peek: The New V-Ray for Cinema 4D
What does the future of V-Ray in Cinema 4D look like? Chaos Group presents the new features so far for V-Ray in Cinema 4D.
Free NPC Animations for Unreal
The Unreal Marketplace is sounding the alarm again: This time, a bunch of NPCs with free animations will run you over!
Avengers Endgame | VFX by DNEG
New VFX breakdown from DNEG: The studio shows its work on the last major Avengers Endgame blockbuster!
The Art of V-Ray | Volume 1
V-Ray basics, tips and tricks. Anyone looking for an introduction to the Chaos Group renderer can watch the new V-Ray series.
Free Lookdev Setup | Maya
Free Maya lookdev setup with Arnold: Artist Dusan Kovic gives us the kit including HDRs, Macbeth charts and more!
X-Particles Public Release 2019
The new X-Particles features will soon be available in Public Release 2019 - we took a look at what the tool has to offer.
Cinema 4D | MoGraph Toolset at Sci-Tech Awards
Peter-Anders received an award for the initial design and development of the MoGraph toolset in Cinema 4D for motion graphics.
Autodesk | No Activation Codes for Older Versions
Do you work with an older version of Autodesk software? In the future, you will then no longer be able to activate it.
Hellboy | Visual Effects
Hellboy is back: Bulgarian VFX studios WorldWide FX and Nu Boyana show their work on the film.
Dumbo in the Bathtub | VFX Breakdown
A round of flying with MPC? The studio shows a new breakdown of "Dumbo" (2019), on which more than 1,200 artists were involved.
Love, Death & Robots | Animation Breakdowns
Storyboards, previs, modeling, motion capture, animation and final rendering: the "Inside the Animation" series shows how the Netflix series was made!
Let’s Tree | Free Assets
"Make Your Forest Great Again" - fancy a few trees for your next project? These CC0 assets could help...
Into The Spider-Verse | FX Design
Particles, machine learning, simulations and destruction: a new and final VFX breakdown for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has been released!
Into The Spider-Verse: New York | Imageworks
Imageworks with a new breakdown clip for the Oscar winner "Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse" - this time we look at the realization of the city.
Houdini 17.5 Released!
And there is already the next release: SifeFX presents Houdini 17.5 with new Task Operators (PDG), volumes in the viewport and more!
VFX | Bird Box – Industrial Light & Magic
New Behind the Magic from ILM: this time it is Bird Box's turn - the Netflix film in a breakdown!
ZBrush 2019 incoming!
And here is the release - the new 2019 update to Pixologic's Sculpting Tool: improved, new tools, more order and a new licence model.
Into space with the Film Academy
With their diploma project "Asperity", the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg team, in collaboration with a total of 3O students, transformed a visit to FMX 2O18 into an interactive space journey.
Cloudy to fiery – Volumetric effects in Cinema 4D (Part 1)
In this two-part series of articles, we will provide the experienced Cinema 4D user with in-depth insights into the creation of volumetric effects with the onboard tools of Cinema 4D - without any plug-ins, particles or Pyro Cluster. The first part of the series is dedicated to visible lights and their texturing with volumetric shaders.
Luma Pictures VFX Reel
VFX for Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Black Panther and more: Luma Pictures presents past work in its new VFX reel.
God of War (4): Unit Image Breakdown
God of War in France: Unit Image presents its work on the God of War (4) cinematic!
Metro Exodus: CGI by Platige Image
The new game title "Metro Exodus" will be released on February 15: Before then, Platige Image has another helping of CGI short!
Red Giant in the Third Universe
Video transition & effects plugin from Red Giant: New text effects and a dashboard for 100 dollars more per year.
Intel: New Open Image Denoiser
And now Intel is getting involved too: Unlike Nvidia's OptiX Denoiser, the new Open Denoiser is also compatible with other hardware.
Venom: Free VFX Training
Tom Hardy as Venom: If you feel like building your own Venom character, you can download the free VFX training.
BlueBolt – The Last Kingdom 3 VFX
Into battle with BlueBolt: In this breakdown, the studio shows how they went about the latest season of "The Last Kingdom".
Welcome to Marwen – Method Studios VFX
Miniatures and VFX: Method Studios discuss the visual-effects work on "Wilkommen in Marwen" with Steve Carell in the leading rol.
ILM – Solo: A Star Wars Story VFX
Industrial Light and Magic feeds us Star Wars: The Behind the Magic clips show L3-37, chases and more.
Star Trek: Discovery VFX Breakdown
VFX breakdown for the first season of Star Trek Discovery: Pixomondo shows its work on the Netflix project for the first time!
First Man: Visual Effects with DNEG
The moon landing was real?! – DNEG with new material on the VFX work for the biopic "First Man" about Neil Amstrong from 1961 to 1969!
What Is CGI Animation?
When Grandma visits and is still of the opinion that the internet will never catch on...
Cinesite Acquires Trixter
The VFX studio Trixter, probably familiar to most people, is undergoing a change at management level. Cinesite has taken on the German company and will act as its parent from now on.
animago AWARD: Deadline in 9 Days!
It is time to really step on the gas once again! Push down the pedals and get going! The deadline for this year’s submissions to the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE 2018 is July 20!
Disney Gets Generous
Anyone who has always been interested in the creation processes at Disney can now take a closer look at some of the production assets. They have been released for research and education purposes and can be downloaded free of charge from the Disney page.
3 CG Tree Models Ready for the Game Engine
Already optimised for Unreal Engine, here are three CG tree models.
Arnold 5.1: Solid Cartoon Noise
What a pun... The new Arnold 5.1 update from Solid Angle is here: with new Toon Shaders, AI noise reduction and improved pipeline integration.
Nvidia AI Denoiser Integration
With the latest updates, Clarisse, finalRender and V-Ray (beta) include the Nvidia OptiX AI Denoiser - Redshift already has a preview build too
Foundry: Modo 12.0 released
Modo 12.0 is here: New modelling features, UV improvements, Python scripts and more in the new update!
ZBrush 2018 Release
The next free update for ZBrush: better sculpting workflows, new deformers, Polygroup functions and more in ZBrush 2018!
Autodesk 3ds Max 2019 Release!
3ds Max 2019 is here - with the first 2019 release, Autodesk brings OSL support, Shape Booleans and a new texture generator, among other things.
Interview with Blender Founder
Blender founder Ton Rosendaal in an interview: history, future and interesting facts about the creation of the open-source tool.
SideFX: Houdini Foundations PDF
Houdini Foundations: 100 free pages of basic knowledge for Houdini 16.5 in PDF form. SideFX offers a new introduction to the node-based procedural workflow.
V-Ray Cloud: New Rendering Service
New rendering service with V-Ray Cloud: Chaos Group has announced integrated cloud rendering for V-Ray and launched a beta program.
Free Scans: Leaf Textures
Anyone who wants to add leaves to their library can download high-resolution scans here. The leaf textures come in 4K with various texture maps.
AMD Releases ProRender for macOS
Alongside the Cinema 4D R19 integration, AMD now provides further macOS plug-ins: beta versions for Maya and Blender are already available to download.
Gnomes from The Mill
Drunk cat and party gnomes: new behind the scenes from The Mill for the Media Markt spot “Garden Gnomes”!
Iloura VFX Breakdown: Jumanji
New breakdown for “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”: Australian studio Iloura presents its VFX work for the film.
Cinema 4D: Workflow Tips
Even more productive with Cinema 4D: these useful tips and scripts can speed up your Cinema 4D workflow!
Houdini Indie: Now Also 4K Rendering
Houdini Indie users can rejoice: the license now permits higher render resolution and installation on a second computer, among other things!
FMX 2018: Trailer and Program
At the end of April, it is time again: FMX 2018 in Stuttgart once again offers an extnesive program for everyone interested. Here are the first trailers and program information!
DNEG: Making of Blade Runner 2049
Eight minutes of Blade Runner VFX: Double Negative releases a new breakdown and presentation on the development of the VFX and the work on Blade Runner!
Babylon Berlin: Rise VFX Breakdown
Time for the next breakdown: RiseFX presents some of the visual effects shots for the series Babylon Berlin in this reel!
Reactor: Package Manager for Fusion
All scripts and plug-ins in one place: the free Reactor manager simplifies the installation and management of your third-party content for Fusion!
Pirates of the Caribbean 5: MPC Breakdown
New VFX breakdown for Pirates of the Caribbean 5: MPC shows its visual effects work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Isotropix: Clarisse 3.6 Release
The layout, lighting, rendering and compositing tool from Isotropix gets new features: here is an overview of the Clarisse 3.6 release!
Kitbash: 200 Free 3D Assets
More than 200 3D assets in OBJ format from Constantin Paschou: You can use this free collection under a CC0 licence for any purpose.
VFX Breakdowns – Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Sony Pictures Imageworks presnts VFX work on “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” – including the fight scene with Agent Whiskey.
Dark: VFX Breakdown by Rise
A new breakdown of the German Netflix series Dark: The VFX come from Rise – there’s a making-of in the next issue!
NewTek: LightWave 2018 Release!
NewTek presents LightWave 2018: With the new release on January 1 come many new functions, including a new PBR system, VR features, Open VDB support and more.
21 free alpha masks
New free stuff: Free hardsurface alpha masks by game artist Dan Rožański. The total of 21 alphas can also be used for commercial purposes!
Update for Nuke and Cara VR 2.0
In addition to Nuke 11.1, the Cara VR plug-in has also been updated with new stichting tools, Match Move and new Ocula tools for customising stereo projects.
Foundry releases Mari 4.0
Mari 4.0 released by Foundry: The 3D painting tool comes with a cleaner interface, faster project set-ups and Disney's Principled BRDF Shader, among other things
Webinar: Cineware for Illustrator
Cineware for Illustrator: The Maxon webinar on the new Illustrator plug-in is now online. Dimitris Katsafouros shows you possible new workflows.
X-Particles 4 for Cinema 4D available
X-Particles 4 is now available: The particle and VFX system for Cinema 4D with many new features, including OpenVDB support, new Cloth simulations and much more!
Creating Snow Crystals in Houdini
The first Sunday of Advent is over and still no snow in sight? Entagma helps out with a new tutorial – in it, you learn to create procedural snowflakes in Houdini.
40 New Free 16K HDRIs
HDRI Haven with a total of 40 new environment maps: You can use them in 16K resoltuion for private and commercial purposes.
Introduction: Redshift for Cinema 4D
An introduction to using Redshift in Cinema 4D: Paulo Barrelas shows you all the necessary basics. You can also test the renderer with no time limit!
Photoshop: Cutouts with Sensei
Adobe presents an upcoming Photoshop feature: With “Subject Select”, you can have objects selected and cut out automatically.
Super Renders: Free Beta
A new render farm for Maya, 3ds Max and Cinema 4D. Super Renders is currently offering free use of the service in the beta version.
VES Awards 2018: Submission Deadline
Anyone who still wants to submit a project for the VES Awards 2018 has until the end of November: The deadline is November 30.
Substance Painter 2017.4
A new update for Substance Painter – with layer instancing, Live Link with Unreal Engine 4 support, new textures and a Black Friday sale!
RigUI: Blender Add-on for Rig Control
A useful, free Blender add-on for rig control: For anyone who wants to create a quick rig interface for animation in Blender!
Megascans 2018 with Free Assets
The Swedish scanning studio Quixel has released an update for the scan library with Megascans 2018 – including 11 free assets.
Substance Plug-in for 3ds Max
Allegorithmic’s Substance plug-in is now also available for 3ds Max – allowing you to adjust materials from Substance in 3ds Max.
Scripting for Artists – Scripting in 3ds Max
All good things come in fives – in this part of our “Scripting for Artists” series, we deal with 3ds Max.