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Procedural Roads Ahead: Blender Add-on “Roads” Lays Asphalt with Vertices
Blender add-on “Roads” builds procedural roads from vertex extrusions. Fast, planar, parametric and $10.
Blender 5.0 Could Ship with Node “Presets” for Geometry & Compositor
Word on the street: Blender 5.0 may bring templated “presets” to Geometry Nodes and compositing. Andrew Price just teased it, and PR 145645 looks like the code behind it.
IlluGen Drops: Node-Based VFX Tool from JangaFX Now Public, and Free for 14 Days
IlluGen is out now! JangaFX’s node-based VFX tool is public and free for 14 days. Procedural asset workflows for game and real-time VFX.
From Concept to Play: Streamlining Asset Pipelines with InstaMAT’s Scalable Workflows
Procedural pipelines, scalable and automated asset texturing, physically-based terrain generation, and thousands of generative materials, if that’s your thing, you have to check out InstaMAT!
Graphite: open‑source vector design tool with a twist
Graphite launches in browser alpha, mixing layer‑based drawing with procedural node graph, desktop apps and bitmap editing due later in 2025.
RenderFlow 1.0: Pulze’s New Render Manager Steps Up
Pulze's RenderFlow 1.0 introduces advanced job submission, node monitoring, and automation features for VFX and post-production workflows.
AI-Workspace: Flora Fauna
There are many different tools for visualisation with AI. "Flora Fauna AI" takes an interesting alternative approach here. The system aims to combine many technologies under one bonnet and be an AI workspace.
Real-Time Node Previews in Blender—Because Guesswork is So Last Year
Tired of blind node adjustments in Blender? Shader View offers real-time previews directly above each node, streamlining your shader creation process.
“Node-It”: Organize Your Blender Shaders with (Almost) Zero Fuss
Blender add-on "Node-It" simplifies shader workflows with automated organization, color coding, and labeling tools. Designed to save time and frustration.
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.
Foundry Releases Katana 8.0, Mari 7.1, and Nuke 16.0 Open Beta
Katana 8.0 introduces USD roundtripping, Mari 7.1 unveils 2D painting, and Nuke 16.0 open beta offers multishot workflows for VFX professionals.
Procedural Scene Generation in Blender: AAA Nodes Add-On
AAA Nodes offers a powerful procedural modeling toolkit for Blender, simplifying the creation of detailed 3D scenes and assets with a node-based approach.
New Kizzle Splatter Node Enhances Adobe Substance 3D Designer
Kai Mergener’s custom Kizzle Splatter Node streamlines pattern creation in Substance 3D Designer, offering new procedural texturing capabilities for 3D artists.
Magic Nodes 2: New functions
The "Magic Nodes" extension for "Adobe After Effects" has
has been around for a while. This enables compositing in a Nodes network
with the Adobe programme. A look at the changes
and improvements in version 2.
Your own particle system with simulation nodes
The Digital Production logo has been through a lot recently. It was thrown in Houdini with a wet towel and turned to earth in Tyflow. And now it is
set on fire in Blender - where will it end?
Cinema 4D and more from Maxon One!
Update time at Maxon too: The entire suite gets updates - perhaps also things that you can use well?
After Effects! Substance! Oscars!
And once again news from Adobe: After Effects now supports every variant of OCIO and ACES, Substance Designer has received a bugfix, and there's also a Tech Oscar for the Substance team!
The definitive terrain generator for Blender?
The 3D software Blender is getting a new version of Terrain Mixer - a node-based tool that can be used to raise terrain. A release note.
XPresso in Cinema 4D
XPresso in Cinema 4D is a node-based programming and an important way to build or programme small circuits,
to build or program small circuits that can help you simplify complex processes without writing a line of code. Today we will look at a few small examples and create a small setup to build a road configurator.
Node-based simulation framework for Blender?
With his Twitter post, software developer Jacques Lucke shows what Blender's simulation framework could look like with the release of Blender 3.5 in March 2023.
News in After Effects?
The fun thing about IBC is that you meet interesting people - and as we were walking through Hall 7, we met Victoria Nece from Adobe!
How do the Geometry Nodes work in Blender?
For beginners: The YouTube channel SCR - 3D & VFX presents a video that helps users take their first steps with Geometry Nodes and the didactic path to get there.
How do Fluid Nodes work in Houdini 19.5?
Technology artist and Houdini user Simon Verstraete shows how it's done: His tutorial video provides an introduction to Houdini's Fluid Nodes - using a lively practical example with plastic toys.
Practical Index Viewer for Blender 3.0
Looking for tools to make your daily clicki-clicki with Blender easier? Then download now for free!
Cinema 4D: Project Neutron announced
Redshift 3.0, Trapcode and Project Neutron: Proceduralism is coming to Cinema 4D, Redshift Realtime and much more!
Nuke 12.0 – Sneak Peek
A new insight into the upcoming Nuke 12.0 version: Foundry provides new information about the Inpaint Node!
Flame 2019 NAB appearance
Further upgrade towards grading and look development. The update will be presented for the first time at the NAB Show 2018.
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.