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Check out the new features in former Lucasfilm developer Darby Johnston's open-source image viewer for VFX and animation work.

Check out DNEG's making-of for the spacecraft, lunar landscapes and orbital flyovers the studio created for the alternate-history sci-fi series.

Check out the specs for Apple's 'most powerful chip ever', and see how it performs in CG applications like Nuke and Redshift.

See how Framestore created a deadly CG killing machine informed as much by dinosaurs as robots for the military sci-fi action film.

Context-aware add-on turns both organic characters and hard-surface models into clean quad geometry, preserving vertex positions.

Check out Important Looking Pirates' making-of for the new Star Wars movie, including environments and CG character Zeb Orellios.

Check out the changes to the 3D clothing design app, including new tools for painting wrinkles into fabric - and ripping it apart along seams.

FIFA retires its mascots after one summer; the smartest brands never do. In his first Motionographer column, Pickbrain founder Federico Masini makes the case for characters as brand infrastructure, armed with fresh data, a fan-elected thermos, and a lemon that went to the World Cup.

See how the VFX studio created expansive Martian landscapes and the spectacular explosion of the K-Station for the Apple TV sci-fi drama.

Check out the week's other updates to CG tools, including updates to Postshot, Meshy, and Slapshot and Topaz Labs' AI-powered VFX tools.

Sozap takes us trough all the stages of creating this short. The original idea was to focus on the hurricane, but it turns out I side tracked a lot on many other aspects. Also since we learn a lot from mistakes I made sure I did a bunch of them during the project so I […]

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Create environments for VFX and game cinematics using Blender, Photoshop and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.

Here’s an overview of the most recent Blender jobs on Blender Artists, ArtStation and 3djobs.xyz: AI Video Artist 3D Environment Artist Environment Concept Artist Character Concept Artist – AI-Assisted Workflow (Paid work) Need blender artist to create a leather mould for 3D printing [PAID] Blender/Cycles Test Project: Furniture Product Visualization EUR 1,000 · Remote For […]

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Updated: see making-ofs for the sci-fi series from Framestore and Rodeo FX, plus Outpost VFX's spectacular shots of the robot Demerzel melting.

Check out the changes to the compositing software, including relighting Gaussian splats and Hydra 2.0 support in the 3D viewer.

See a VFX breakdown for the Victorian era mystery drama, from subtle invisible effects to sequences visualizing Enola's thoughts.

New iOS app generates 3DGS scans of objects and environments entirely on your phone, without cloud processing. The base app is free.

Discover how the studio created custom solvers to attach CG barnacles to the surface of the Sirens for the fantasy TV series.

New site shows real-world pay data for jobs in VFX, animation, games and motion graphics, submitted anonymously by other users.