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Improve your composition and Photoshop workflow with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass in character and environment design.

New online tool for VFX and game artists generates ultra-detailed 16K skin textures based on an existing 3D character with 2K textures.

Fast, fun Geometry Nodes-based tool lets you block out hands, feet, paws and claws quickly for illustration or animation work.

Read our FAQs on Wonder 3D, the new text-to-3D and image-to-3D AI model in the online VFX platform formerly known as Wonder Studio.

Popular 3ds Max particle and multiphysics add-on for VFX and motion graphics gets neat new GPU-based Zenith fluid engine.

Inbibo's add-on for Maya - and now Houdini - provides a simple way to add simulated soft tissues to characters in VFX and games.

Richard Yot presents his new course on hard-surface modeling in Blender. Take your Blender skills up a notch with a complete, in-depth hard-surface modelling course built around a tricky vintage motorcycle project. Designed to put Blender’s modelling workflow to the test, this step-by-step training walks you through tackling complex, interlocking subdivision surfaces with clarity and [...]

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In this video Jan van den Hemel looks at some less well known tips for doing retopology in Blender, that can really improve your retopology workflow and reduce the amount of clicks.

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Product and portfolio rendering plugin can now create interactive standalone presentations that run outside the Unreal Edtitor.

What if you could export models from Blender directly to the Sega Dreamcast? Rogper writes: And with just a bit of coding, make those models respond to your inputs… almost like a game engine that actually uses Blender as its user interface? Wouldn’t that be a Blast? 😉 Well, rejoice! That’s exactly what Spiral Game [...]

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See the latest features in the terrain generation tool for games and VFX, including AgX tonemapping and new Pattern distributions.

3D Tudor writes: If you have ever modeled a building you were proud of… then tried to turn it into a modular kit and watched it quietly unravel the moment you duplicated it into a full street, this is the post I wish I had when I started taking environment work seriously. This is a [...]

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Neat free add-on turns splines into complex organic forms suitable for motion graphics and VFX. Works with text splines too.

Check out the new features in the image-editing software, including wider use of Adobe's new Firefly Fill and Expand AI model.

TiFi Design writes: Let's learn how to create this mesmerizing orbital motion animation in Geometry Nodes!

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Let's use Blender's shader nodes and free textures to layer and paint a beautiful ground texture.

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Can you do photoscanning for free, with your smartphone? In this tutorial, Gleb Alexandrov shows a 100% free photogrammetry workflow in RealityScan Mobile, Agisoft Texture De-lighter and Blender, with no AI involved.

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See the latest features in Pixar's production renderer, including new Stylized Looks nodes for artistic lighting and hatching effects.

Free edition of the renderer is licensed for personal use and tools development. Compatible with Blender, Houdini, Katana and Maya.