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Free Guide Maps Creative Careers
Escape Studios' free Industry Beginner's Guide outlines production basics, terminology and career paths in art and games.
U-Render Tutorial: Materials
Part two of U-Render's first-steps series covers materials, masks, normal maps and displacement maps in Cinema 4D.
After Effects Layer Binning Explained
Chris Zwar explains After Effects layer rendering order, 2D and 3D interaction, and the beta binning function.
Simulating Snow with tyFlow
A State of Art Academy tutorial builds falling snow around a London phone box with tyFlow for 3ds Max.
Foundry 2021 Showreel
Foundry's two-minute 2021 reel collects VFX and animation work from major films, series, studios and commercial campaigns.
Substance 3D Stager 1.1 Adds PSD Passes
Stager 1.1 adds layered PSD render passes, models without UVs, automatic physical-light alignment and marquee selection.
Winners of Reallusion’s 2021 iClone Lip Sync Contest
Reallusion's 2021 iClone Lip Sync Animation Contest drew 468 entries from 60 countries and awarded character animation, design and special-prize winners.
Citigen Builds Procedural Blender Cities
Citigen generates Blender city environments with roads, lights, trees and custom buildings, with lower-detail assets for scale.
Trapcode Particular with Nick Harauz
Trainer Nick Harauz presents a 25-minute Trapcode Particular motion-graphics session featuring the Space Shark project.
Easy Light Add-on for Blender Released
Kuimi 3D's Easy Light add-on streamlines lighting controls in Blender, including IES lights, multi-light editing and frame-based animation.
XMD Toolbox 3.0 Organises ZBrush Assets
XMD Toolbox 3.0 expands ZBrush asset browsing with presets, tagging, UI colour syncing, one-click macros and Source Store access.
U-Render First Steps Tutorial Series
A multi-part U-Render tutorial series covers lighting, materials, post effects, cameras, final rendering, multipass output and volumetrics.
Unreal Engine 5 Nanite Deep Dive
Epic Games graphics programmer Brian Karis explains Nanite virtualised geometry and its approach to dense real-time assets.
Maxon Makes Forger Free on iPad
Maxon made its Forger sculpting app free on iPad, with Apple Pencil support and Alembic, USD, OBJ and STL file handling.
Radeon ProRender 3.3 Adds Volumes
AMD Radeon ProRender 3.3 added volume rendering and DeepEXR export across its Blender and Maya integrations.
Lenovo Partners with DreamWorks Animation
Lenovo became DreamWorks Animation's preferred workstation innovation partner, supplying ThinkStation and ThinkPad P-series systems.
Jonathan Winbush on Motion Design
Motion designer Jonathan Winbush discusses Cinema 4D workflows and a career spanning film, television and virtual reality.
ZBrush 2022 Expands Sculpting Tools
ZBrush 2022 adds bas-relief tools, Bevel Pro, dual brush alphas and textures, expanded Knife brushes and XMD Toolbox access.
Free Unreal Dissolve Effects Pack
NadirFX's Character Appearance and Dissolve pack supplied 20 Unreal Engine effects with mobile variants, textures and material functions.
Sony Announces VENICE 2 Cinema Camera
Sony's VENICE 2 cinema camera pairs an 8.6K full-frame sensor with internal 16-bit X-OCN recording and interchangeable sensor blocks.
Mari 5.0 Improves Brushes and USD
Foundry Mari 5.0 updates its brush engine, Bake Points, flattening performance, USD previews, Hydra viewports and OCIO support.
NVIDIA Omniverse Avatars at GTC
NVIDIA's GTC keynote introduced Omniverse Avatar and Replicator alongside Project Tokkio, Maxine and DRIVE Concierge demonstrations.
Trapcode 17.1 Improves Workflow
Maxon Trapcode 17.1 improves null handling, fluid render performance, Cinema 4D spline emission and Designer selection behaviour.
Modo 15.2 Completes the 15 Series
Foundry Modo 15.2 adds Primitive Slice, Edge Subdivide, mPath render-time booleans, Assembly Presets and workflow updates.
Blender 3.x Roadmap Outlined
The Blender 3.x roadmap outlined releases through 3.7, with planned work on physics, sculpting, rigging, USD, Cycles X and GPU backends.
Loupedeck Software 5.0 Released
Loupedeck 5.0 introduces a redesigned interface, vMix integration, an Ecamm plugin and updated Capture One support.
Premiere Pro 22 Updates HDR Workflow
Premiere Pro 22 adds HEVC and H.264 colour handling, 10-bit 4:2:2 hardware decoding on Intel CPUs and XAVC S-Log colour management.
Assimilate Expands Live FX Beta
Assimilate's Live FX beta tutorials cover SDI capture, greenscreen keying, camera tracking, Unreal Engine, VFX handoff and LED walls.
Character Animator 22 Adds Body Tracking
Adobe Character Animator 22 adds real-time body tracking and Smart Replays for triggering recorded animation.
Golaem 8 Adds Real-Time Crowds
Golaem 8 improves crowd previs with real-time Unreal Engine simulation, Maya viewport shading, layout layers and cloth physics.
Light Tracer Render 2.0 Adds Path Guiding
Light Tracer Render 2.0 adds path-guided caustics, transparent shadows, mesh-light sampling, IES profiles and geometry tools.
Arnaud Mellinger on Event Motion Design
Arnaud Mellinger demonstrates a Cinema 4D and After Effects workflow for creating and rendering visuals for live events.
Pulldownit 5.0 Released for 3ds Max
Pulldownit 5.0 for 3ds Max adds a faster fracture solver, curve-controlled cracks and rough cut faces for lighter destruction meshes.
Quibli Anime Shaders for Unity
Dustyroom's Quibli toolkit provides foliage, cloud, detail, colour-grading and light-beam shaders for stylised anime scenes in Unity.
Magic Bullet Looks 5 in an ACES Pipeline
Colourist Maximus Raharjo demonstrates Magic Bullet Looks 5 and its integration into an ACES colour-grading pipeline in DaVinci Resolve.
After Effects 22 Adds Multi-Frame Rendering
After Effects 22 introduces multi-frame rendering, render-queue notifications and Cinema 4D Lite Asset Browser support.
Percentage-Based Fur Shading with Yeti
Look-development artist Michael Cauchi introduces percentage-based fur shading with Peregrine Labs Yeti in a beginner tutorial.
Camera Shakify Add-on for Blender
Ian Hubert and Nathan Vegdahl's Camera Shakify add-on applies recorded camera-shake motion to Blender cameras.
Foundation Main Title Sequence
The main-title sequence introduces Apple's Foundation series, adapted from Isaac Asimov's science-fiction novels.
Four Major Unreal Engine 4.27 Features
A 3Dtotal article examines Unreal Engine 4.27's in-camera VFX, GPU Lightmass, media output and production-ready Pixel Streaming.
DJI Ronin 4D Combines Camera and Gimbal
DJI Ronin 4D combines a full-frame 6K or 8K cinema camera, four-axis stabilisation, LiDAR focusing and wireless video transmission.
Sabine Heller on Rigging at Blue Sky
Sabine Heller discusses 12 years in Blue Sky Studios' rigging department and her path to leading character animation and rigging.
Darlene Sanchez on Sports Motion Design
Darlene Sanchez demonstrates Cinema 4D motion-design techniques informed by her work for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Wacom Cintiq Pro 16 Pen Display Released
Wacom's Cintiq Pro 16 combines a 4K pen display, 98 percent Adobe RGB coverage and USB-C or HDMI connectivity.
D5 Render 2.0 Adds Weather and Path Tools
RTX-accelerated D5 Render 2.0 adds a redesigned interface, weather, path tools, 3D grass and improved large-scene lighting.
Arnold 7 Adds OIDN and Reduces GPU Memory
Autodesk Arnold 7 adds Open Image Denoise, ACEScg defaults, MaterialX 1.38, deeper USD workflows and lower GPU memory use.
Compositing Academy Energy FX Library
Compositing Academy's LookDev FX Library offered 200 simulated 4K energy effects for VFX compositing and look development.
Nine Standout Artworks from Summer 2021
A 3Dtotal gallery collects nine notable artworks from summer 2021, including pieces by Ismail Inceoglu, Satoshi Ueda and Cristiano Porfirio.
Chris Schmidt Explores Cinema 4D R25
Rocket Lasso founder Chris Schmidt demonstrates Cinema 4D R25 features and explains their impact on modelling and motion-design workflows.
Creating Shang-Chi’s Mythical Creatures
VFX supervisor Christopher Townsend discusses the mythical creatures created for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Reminiscence Opening Sequence Preview
The first ten minutes of Reminiscence showcase the film's VFX-heavy opening, with production insight from Rise FX.
Neural 3D Lighting for Image Composites
NVIDIA and University of Toronto researchers present a neural method for lighting inserted 3D objects inside 2D images.
Elly Wade Explores Cinema 4D
Maxon trainer Elly Wade demonstrates recent Cinema 4D features through a compact 3D product-animation project.
HDRI Environments in Corona Renderer
An eight-minute tutorial explains HDRI environments and Environment Overrides in Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max.
EJ Hassenfratz on Cinema 4D and Redshift
Motion designer EJ Hassenfratz demonstrates ways to improve Cinema 4D and Redshift workflow efficiency.
MPC Film Visual Effects Reel
MPC Film's visual-effects reel showcases work from The Lion King, Detective Pikachu, Sonic, Maleficent, Godzilla, Cruella and Alien.
Clayxels Tutorial: Volumetric Sculpting in Unity
Game developer Alex Strook demonstrates a Clayxels workflow for volumetric modelling in Unity, from reference and colour to lighting and post-processing.
73rd Engineering Emmy Award Winners Announced
The Television Academy announced its 73rd Engineering Emmy recipients, honouring Reed Hastings and technologies from Dolby, ARRI, Golaem, Massive, Chaos and others.
3D Lighting Course for 3ds Max and V-Ray
Jamie Cardoso's 18-lesson course covers vehicle, exterior and interior lighting with 3ds Max, V-Ray and Photoshop across roughly seven hours.
Keying Hair on Green Screen: Film Riot Tutorial
Film Riot's Ryan Connolly demonstrates practical green-screen techniques for difficult hair edges and cleaner VFX keys.
Adding Handheld Camera Shake in Unreal Engine
William Faucher demonstrates how to add controlled noise to virtual-camera motion in Unreal Engine for a more natural handheld look.
EmberGen 0.7.5 Pre-Release 4 Adds Presets and Export Updates
JangaFX's EmberGen 0.7.5 Pre-Release 4 improved export, added 20 presets and arrived with training on real-time fire, explosion, dust and smoke simulation.
Marmoset Toolbag Library Drop 02 Adds 135 Materials
Marmoset's Toolbag Library Drop 02 added 135 free materials, including 107 standard and 28 smart materials focused on realistic fabrics.
Unity Libre Fracture Released as Open Source
Dmitry Senyushkin's free open-source Unity Libre Fracture system uses Nvidia Blast wrappers and VHACD for destructible concave meshes.
VIEW Conference 2021 Programme Highlights
VIEW Conference 2021 announced sessions with Roger Deakins, Dean DeBlois, animation directors, production designers and pioneers of VFX and computer graphics.
Cleaning Up Aerial Footage in Fusion
Dbox's 90-minute Fusion tutorial demonstrates moving-image retouching and aerial-shot cleanup for artists integrating CG into live-action footage.
Pixar Discusses the RenderMan 24 Roadmap, XPU and Denoising
Pixar's RenderMan team discussed GPU adoption, XPU, memory demands, machine learning and denoising after the RenderMan 24 release.
Autodesk 3ds Max 2022.2 Improves UV Editing and Modelling
3ds Max 2022.2 improved scene saving, UV editing, Smart Extrude, tablet input, the UV Editor and the Symmetry modifier.
thinkingParticles 7.0 Adds an MPM Solver and Faster Simulation
thinkingParticles 7.0 introduced a Material Point Method solver, grid-accelerated physics, a Cellular node and a hardware-accelerated particle display.
U-Render 2021.9 Adds Sheen Materials and Cinema 4D R25 Support
U-Render 2021.9 introduced a sheen material effect, Cinema 4D R25 compatibility and access to Asset Browser textures.
Milo 2021.2 Improves Real-Time Rendering and VR Preview
Nevercenter’s Milo 2021.2 improved rendering, ray tracing and HiDPI support while adding camera field-of-view controls and a live turntable.
Cesium for Unreal Brings Global 3D Geospatial Data to Unreal Engine
The free, open-source Cesium for Unreal plugin connected Unreal Engine projects with high-resolution global 3D geospatial data.
Unreal Engine 4.27 Expands Virtual Production and Pixel Streaming
Unreal Engine 4.27 updated in-camera VFX, GPU Lightmass, Pixel Streaming, OpenXR, Datasmith and integrated compression and video codecs.
Corona 7 Webinar Covers New 3ds Max and Cinema 4D Features
Chaos Czech’s 90-minute Corona 7 webinar demonstrates the renderer’s new features in 3ds Max and Cinema 4D.
Six Real-Time Hairstyle Asset Packs for Unreal Engine
Maria Puchkova released six real-time hairstyle packs aimed at game artists, covering dreadlocks, men’s and women’s styles, a bun and a Viking design.
Chaos Vantage 1.2 Expands Real-Time V-Ray Scene Support
Chaos Vantage 1.2 added clear-coat and glossy Fresnel support, multiple-camera import, background overrides and PNG alpha output.
Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max: Renderer Review
A detailed 2018 review of AMD Radeon ProRender for 3ds Max, covering OpenCL CPU/GPU rendering, materials, lighting, cameras, ActiveShade and workflow limitations.
das element Launches Offline VFX Library and Asset Management Tool
das element organises VFX assets, textures, references and sequences in an offline library designed for production pipelines.
Maya 2022.1 Adds Guided Onboarding and Interactive Tutorials
Autodesk Maya 2022.1 introduced a welcome screen, search, interactive tutorials and quick tours to help new and experienced users.
Epic Games Explains Nanite’s Impact on UE5 Asset Pipelines
Epic Games technical artist Arran Langmead explains Nanite virtualised micropolygon geometry, its pipeline impact and early limitations.
Unreal Engine Tutorial: Animating Fighting-Game Finishers
CodeLikeMe demonstrates how to animate coordinated hand-to-hand finishing moves for two characters in Unreal Engine.
Project Planet Builds a Voxel World in Unreal Engine
Kevin Bikhazi demonstrates how Unreal Engine 4.26 and Voxel Plugin can be used to construct a complete spherical world.
Tutorial: Rendering, Lighting and Shading in Marmoset Toolbag 4
3D Scan Store demonstrates head rendering in Marmoset Toolbag 4, covering ZBrush export, lighting, shaders, maps, eyes and textures.
Escape Studios Publishes Free Creative Software Handbook
Escape Studios released a free handbook surveying software used in VFX, animation, games and motion graphics.
Lightworks 2021.3 Adds Cloud Storage and Improved Onboarding
Lightworks 2021.3 introduced cloud-storage integration, a startup wizard, guided interface tips and a redesigned local-files library.
Epic Games Webinar Explores MetaSounds and Quartz in Unreal Engine 5
Epic Games presents a three-hour technical session on MetaSounds, procedural audio graphs and sample-accurate Quartz scheduling.
Modo 15.1 Refines Modelling, Rendering and USD Workflows
Foundry’s Modo 15.1 added OmniHaul, Static Analysis, Curve Booleans, expanded MeshOps, mPath dispersion and USD improvements.
Maxon Moves Redshift to Subscription-Only Licensing
Maxon announced that Redshift perpetual licences would end on 31 August 2021 as the GPU renderer moved to subscriptions.
Epic Games Acquires Sketchfab and Reduces Marketplace Fees
Epic Games acquired Sketchfab, promising continued independent operation, closer Unreal Engine collaboration and lower seller fees.
Blender Guru Compares Nine Major Rendering Engines
Andrew Price compares Cycles, V-Ray, Redshift, LuxCore, Arnold, Corona, Octane, E-Cycles and Cycles X in a renderer benchmark.
Reallusion and Unreal Engine Workflow Supports African Animation Project
Okai-Farayi Chinyanga explains a Reallusion and Unreal Engine workflow developed for Formation Animation and the Azania Rises project.
Terrain Mixer Brings Procedural Landscape Workflows to Blender
Terrain Mixer offered Blender artists a procedural workflow for importing, combining and texturing terrain heightmaps and diffuse maps.
Twinmotion 2021.1 Expands Datasmith and Megascans Workflows
Twinmotion 2021.1 introduced a Datasmith-based importer, multi-Revit synchronisation and integrated Megascans assets for architectural visualisation.
RenderMan 24 Introduces XPU, Lama Materials and Live Rendering
Pixar’s RenderMan 24 introduced the CPU/GPU XPU architecture, live rendering, Lama layered materials and expanded stylised-look tools.
Tutorial: Art Directing Volumetric Clouds in Unreal Engine 4 and 5
William Faucher demonstrates positioning volumetric clouds and using Cloud Mask Object and Cloud Mask Generator in Unreal Engine.
Epic Games Webinar Covers Motion Warping and Full-Body IK in UE5
Epic Games demonstrates Full-Body IK, Motion Warping, terrain-aware character placement and reusable Control Rigs in Unreal Engine 5.
Interview: Adam Myhill on Unity, Cinemachine and Real-Time Cinematography
Unity’s Adam Myhill discusses Cinemachine, Timeline, procedural cameras, HDRP and the engine’s expanding role in real-time cinematography.
Houdini and Unreal Engine Power a Scalable Cliff Generator
ArtFX technical artist Lucas Dziura explains a scalable procedural cliff generator built with Houdini and Unreal Engine 4.
Book: V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max 2020 Rendering Workflows
Jamie Cardoso’s technical book covers client acquisition, materials, virtual cameras, lighting and rendering workflows in V-Ray 5 and 3ds Max.