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VFX and visualization artist Scott Rafferty's open-source plugin gives UE5 a single unified interface to browse, edit and apply materials.

Use OpenStreetMap data to create a procedural 3D environment in Houdini with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Unofficial Blender integration for the Corona renderer gets support for Blender 4.0 and an automated converter for Cycles shaders.

Open-source pipeline for VFX and animation work is now production-ready - and available in the cloud as well as to install locally for free.

See the new features in the suite of effects plugins, including Magic Bullet 2024.1, Trapcode 2024.1, Universe 2024.1 and VFX 2024.1.

Neat Geometry Nodes-based add-on turns low-poly guide meshes into detailed, customizable procedural 3D terrain. The base edition is free.

Check out the changes to Autodesk's set of free add-ons for 3D modeling and UV editing, now updated to support Maya 2024.

3D clothing design software creator Jaden Oh wins tech 'Oscar', along with the creators of open standards USD, OpenVDB and Alembic.

VR sculpting tool's new Snake Hook mode makes it possible to create ultra-wiggly organic forms. Check out the other new features here.

See how Absolute turned shots of a castle taken into October into a snowy winter landscape for Apple TV+'s period drama.

Get 12 AI-based looks for grading motion graphics or VFX projects, applied via the free Freelab plugin for After Effects and DaVinci Resolve.

Create art-directable simulations with The Gnomon Workshop's guide to Houdini's FLIP fluids and rigid body dynamics toolsets.

See a VFX breakdown of the strange shape-shifting creatures Realtime created for the UK sci-fi show's 60th anniversary special.

See how the GeForce RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti Super and RTX 4080 Super outperform older cards in CG apps like Blender.

Former Overwatch artist Renaud Galand's neat free custom brush sculpts subtly asymmetric strands of hair for stylized 3D characters.

Firm to cut approximately 1,800 jobs in a bid to refocus on its core game engine and game tools business.

Get the Ithris Cemetery and Fantasy Bundle Environment Kit 3 in 1 packs free from the Unreal Marketplace this month. For commercial use.

Get started in character animation with The Gnomon Workshop's beginner-friendly guide.

Updated: 3D scanning app now lets users edit 3DGS scans and export them to Unreal Engine in PLY format, on both iOS and Android.

Check out the new features in the virtual camera system for Maya and Unreal Engine, including additive recording, and native Vicon support.