The making of the VFX for Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Discover how Ingenuity Studios created a six-mile CG river and complex smoke and fire simulations for Kevin Costner's epic Western.
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Group test: AMD Radeon Pro W7000 Series workstation GPUs
Discover which of AMD's professional GPUs is best for CG work in real-world content creation and GPU rendering tests.
Sparseal releases Uniform 1.1
Check out the new features in the promising all-in-one modeling, retopology and texturing iPad app, like GeoCurves for stylized hair.
Free tool: P4Houdini builds version control into Houdini
Now available free, technical artist Paul Ambrosiussen's P4Houdini plugin integrates Houdini with Perforce's version control tech.
Autodesk releases Flame 2025.1
Check out the new features in the compositing and effects software, including the new machine-learning-based slow-mo system.
Free tool: Character Creator Auto Setup for 3ds Max
Reallusion's free add-on readies characters exported from Character Creator and iClone for rendering in 3ds Max with Arnold or V-Ray.
Adobe rolls out Generate Image in Photoshop 25.11
New text-to-image generative AI feature reaches the stable release of Photoshop. Check out the other new features in Photoshop 25.11 here.
Basefount releases Animcraft 5.0
Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system
GeoGen is now in public beta
JangaFX's real-time terrain design tool is out of alpha. Check out the new features in GeoGen 0.3, like spline editing of terrain.
LiquiGen is now available to buy
JangaFX's real-time liquid simulator is now in public alpha. Check out the new features in LiquiGen 0.3, like whitewater and surface tension.
JangaFX releases EmberGen 1.2
Real-time smoke and fire simulator for games and VFX gets movable, parentable simulation domains, and live recording in the timeline.
Tutorial: Character Asset Creation for Cinematics – Vol. 1
Discover how to create a detailed, animation-ready fantasy character with Maya and ZBrush in The Gnomon Workshop's new tutorial.
Topaz Labs releases Gigapixel Pro and Video AI Pro
New Pro editions of Gigapixel and Video AI accelerate the popular AI-based image-upscaling and video-processing apps for studio use.
3Dpresso creates 3D models from videos of real objects
Online service recreates props and furniture for use in games and AR, and can be trialed for free. Now comes with a new iOS app.
Boris FX releases Particle Illusion Pro 2024.5
Particle generation tool for motion graphics and VFX gets support for particle blending modes, new set of Position Path Presets.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Modeler 1.12
Check out the lastest features in the virtual reality modeling software, like this interesting shape matching feature in the new Assets panel.
Adobe releases Substance 3D Sampler 4.5
Material authoring and 3D capture software can now send materials directly to 3ds Max, Blender, Maya, Unity and Unreal Engine 5.
Maxon releases Redshift 3.6.04
3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D and Maya renderer gets motion-graphics-friendly new Distance shader, plus updates to Redshift RT.
Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024.5
Check out the latest features in the 3D animation app, including updates to the particle and simulation tools, and a new Undo History.
Lightmap releases HDR Light Studio 8.2.2
Real-time lighting design software can now 'paint' highlights and shadows directly into interactive renders from Blender.
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