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You can now use V-Ray free for commercial #VFX, #animation and #motiongraphics work in #Blender Check out the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other key production renderers #B3D #VRay

You can now use V-Ray free for commercial #VFX, #animation and #motiongraphics work in #Blender Check out the strengths and limitations of the new V-Ray for Blender Community Edition, and how it compares to other key production renderers #B3D #VRay

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Neat free #Blender add-on #LimbKit creates 3D hands and feet Jörg Grubmüller's #GeometryNodes based tool provides a quick way to block out hands, feet (and paws and claws) for your 3D characters, for #illustration and #animation work #B3D Jörg Grubmüller🔸

Neat free #Blender add-on #LimbKit creates 3D hands and feet Jörg Grubmüller's #GeometryNodes based tool provides a quick way to block out hands, feet (and paws and claws) for your 3D characters, for #illustration and #animation work #B3D Jörg Grubmüller🔸

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Redshift 2026.6 is out Check out the new features in Maxon's GPU renderer, including support for hex tiling to minimize visible repeats in texture maps #Redshift #Redshift3D #texturing #rendering #VFX #motiongraphics @maxonvfx

Redshift 2026.6 is out Check out the new features in Maxon's GPU renderer, including support for hex tiling to minimize visible repeats in texture maps #Redshift #Redshift3D #texturing #rendering #VFX #motiongraphics @maxonvfx

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Google has open-sourced GNM Head, its parametric model for generating 3D human heads The model, based on real-world scan data, provides 250 controls for head shape, and 380+ for facial expressions A free add-on integrates it into Blender #B3D

Google has open-sourced GNM Head, its parametric model for generating 3D human heads The model, based on real-world scan data, provides 250 controls for head shape, and 380+ for facial expressions A free add-on integrates it into Blender #B3D

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3D texture painting software Wafer is now free in beta on Windows PCs The Windows beta is based on the latest iPad release of Sparseal's promising non-photorealistic #texturing app, and includes new features like the Smudge tool #gamedev

3D texture painting software Wafer is now free in beta on Windows PCs The Windows beta is based on the latest iPad release of Sparseal's promising non-photorealistic #texturing app, and includes new features like the Smudge tool #gamedev

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#KangarooBuilder for #Maya now supports topology transfer The neat all-round toolset for building character rigs can now warp all of the blendshapes for one character to another with different topology Free for personal use #animation #VFX #gamedev

#KangarooBuilder for #Maya now supports topology transfer The neat all-round toolset for building character rigs can now warp all of the blendshapes for one character to another with different topology Free for personal use #animation #VFX #gamedev

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(1/2) #NVIDIA and Shutterstock have announced a landmark deal to build new generative #AIart tools that will let users create custom 3D models simply by typing in text descriptions #3Dmodeling #gamedev #motiongraphics #VFX #archviz

(1/2) #NVIDIA and Shutterstock have announced a landmark deal to build new generative #AIart tools that will let users create custom 3D models simply by typing in text descriptions #3Dmodeling #gamedev #motiongraphics #VFX #archviz

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Chewing the CG cud: check out rigging artist Farid Panah's demo of a detailed creature rig created for Asoo VFX's work on Indian fantasy action film 45 You can watch the full video in Farid Panah's LinkedIn post: #VFXbreakdown #characterrigging #AsooVFX

Chewing the CG cud: check out rigging artist Farid Panah's demo of a detailed creature rig created for Asoo VFX's work on Indian fantasy action film 45 You can watch the full video in Farid Panah's LinkedIn post: #VFXbreakdown #characterrigging #AsooVFX

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Check out Brom VFX's breakdown of its invisible effects (plus a literal Siamese cat) for Netflix political drama The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) Watch the full video on the Brom VFX website: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #BromVFX

Check out Brom VFX's breakdown of its invisible effects (plus a literal Siamese cat) for Netflix political drama The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) Watch the full video on the Brom VFX website: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #BromVFX

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Inexpensive Blender add-on iCrowds adds animated crowds to animations or visualizations Version 2.0 adds a ragdoll system for action shots #iCrowds #Blender #VFX #simulation #animation #archviz Hothifa Smair

Inexpensive Blender add-on iCrowds adds animated crowds to animations or visualizations Version 2.0 adds a ragdoll system for action shots #iCrowds #Blender #VFX #simulation #animation #archviz Hothifa Smair

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Free tool: Crate's Black Hole ProductionCrate's neat free After Effects plugin generates beautiful, Interstellar-inspired black holes for your VFX and motion graphics projects #AfterEffects #VFX #motiongraphics ProductionCrate

Free tool: Crate's Black Hole ProductionCrate's neat free After Effects plugin generates beautiful, Interstellar-inspired black holes for your VFX and motion graphics projects #AfterEffects #VFX #motiongraphics ProductionCrate

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#Blender 5.1 is here Read our pick of the 5 key features in the #opensource 3D software, from the new Raycast and Mask to SDF nodes to improvements to #rendering and #animation #B3D #3Dmodeling #texturing #gamedev #VFX #motiongraphics @blender

#Blender 5.1 is here Read our pick of the 5 key features in the #opensource 3D software, from the new Raycast and Mask to SDF nodes to improvements to #rendering and #animation #B3D #3Dmodeling #texturing #gamedev #VFX #motiongraphics @blender

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Arnold can now import, relight and render 3D Gaussian Splats Check out the other new features in the renderer, including updates to toon shading and experimental free cloud rendering service Flow Render #ArnoldRenderer #3DGS #VFX Arnold

Arnold can now import, relight and render 3D Gaussian Splats Check out the other new features in the renderer, including updates to toon shading and experimental free cloud rendering service Flow Render #ArnoldRenderer #3DGS #VFX Arnold

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Check out Industrial Light & Magic's narrated #VFXbreakdown for #JurassicWorldRebirth. It covers the creature work (natch), but also other effects like this new fluid simulation pipeline Watch the full video: #VFX #simulation @ilmvfx

Check out Industrial Light & Magic's narrated #VFXbreakdown for #JurassicWorldRebirth. It covers the creature work (natch), but also other effects like this new fluid simulation pipeline Watch the full video: #VFX #simulation @ilmvfx

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Free tutorial: Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5 Discover how to create a dynamic chase scene like this one using #UnrealEngine, #Blender and #Houdini with DNEG artist Kosuke Iwasaki's free tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop #UE5 The Gnomon Workshop

Free tutorial: Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5 Discover how to create a dynamic chase scene like this one using #UnrealEngine, #Blender and #Houdini with DNEG artist Kosuke Iwasaki's free tutorial for The Gnomon Workshop #UE5 The Gnomon Workshop

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Check out this neat GPU-accelerated Houdini Skin Slide Deformer DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic, volume-preserving skin sliding, and can be tried for free on personal projects #Houdini #characterrigging #animation

Check out this neat GPU-accelerated Houdini Skin Slide Deformer DNEG TD Mengya Zhang's OpenCL-based tool generates realistic, volume-preserving skin sliding, and can be tried for free on personal projects #Houdini #characterrigging #animation

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Free assets: get six free fire and smoke effects from @FXBackpack The FX are available as VDB file sequences optimized for #Blender, and as 2K ProRes MOV files for #compositing into #VFX or #motiongraphics projects Licensed for commercial use #B3D

Free assets: get six free fire and smoke effects from @FXBackpack The FX are available as VDB file sequences optimized for #Blender, and as 2K ProRes MOV files for #compositing into #VFX or #motiongraphics projects Licensed for commercial use #B3D

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Blender 4.3 is now available to download Read our pick of the 5 key new features in the #opensource 3D app, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to #digitalsculpting, materials and #rendering, including light linking in #Eevee #B3D #gamedev #VFX Blender 🔶

Blender 4.3 is now available to download Read our pick of the 5 key new features in the #opensource 3D app, from Grease Pencil 3 to updates to #digitalsculpting, materials and #rendering, including light linking in #Eevee #B3D #gamedev #VFX Blender 🔶

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Substance 3D Painter 11.0 is out Check out the latest features in the 3D texture painting app, including an Auto-update system, and new path tools, filters and texture generators #Substance3DPainter #texturing #gamedev #motiongraphics #VFX Adobe Substance 3D

Substance 3D Painter 11.0 is out Check out the latest features in the 3D texture painting app, including an Auto-update system, and new path tools, filters and texture generators #Substance3DPainter #texturing #gamedev #motiongraphics #VFX Adobe Substance 3D

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Promising new #motiongraphics and #compositing tool #Caddis combines an #AfterEffects style timeline with the 'procedural power of a node graph inside every layer' The app - developed by Shopify motion design lead Mike Gaynor - is currently free in beta

Promising new #motiongraphics and #compositing tool #Caddis combines an #AfterEffects style timeline with the 'procedural power of a node graph inside every layer' The app - developed by Shopify motion design lead Mike Gaynor - is currently free in beta

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Maxon just made #Autograph available for free The next-gen, USD-based motion graphics and VFX software, previously developed by Left Angle, is now free to individual artists, including for commercial use #VFX #motiongraphics #compositing @maxonvfx

Maxon just made #Autograph available for free The next-gen, USD-based motion graphics and VFX software, previously developed by Left Angle, is now free to individual artists, including for commercial use #VFX #motiongraphics #compositing @maxonvfx

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Get a glimpse of Godzilla's character rig in the trailer for the Blu-ray and DVD release of #GodzillaMinusOne Watfch the full video on the TOHO Visual Entertainmentチャンネル YouTube channel: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #creaturedesign #characterrigging

Get a glimpse of Godzilla's character rig in the trailer for the Blu-ray and DVD release of #GodzillaMinusOne Watfch the full video on the TOHO Visual Entertainmentチャンネル YouTube channel: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #creaturedesign #characterrigging

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Gnomon student Chris Santosa just recreated a memorable moment from #NeonGenesisEvangelion in #Houdini. Check out his tech breakdown of the Best of Term Award-winning shot Find more award-winning student art on the Gnomon website: ##VFXbreakdown

Gnomon student Chris Santosa just recreated a memorable moment from #NeonGenesisEvangelion in #Houdini. Check out his tech breakdown of the Best of Term Award-winning shot Find more award-winning student art on the Gnomon website: ##VFXbreakdown

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Check out Sony Pictures Imageworks's technical breakdown of its Chibi facial animation system for #KPopDemonHunters, developed to let animators toggle between realistic and extreme anime facial expressions from one rig. Full video: #characterrigging #Maya

Check out Sony Pictures Imageworks's technical breakdown of its Chibi facial animation system for #KPopDemonHunters, developed to let animators toggle between realistic and extreme anime facial expressions from one rig. Full video: #characterrigging #Maya

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Check out Image Engine's VFX breakdown of the spectacular elemental combat sequences from Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender Watch the full video (includes the CG environment for Ba Sing Se and the CG foxalopes): #VFX #VFXbreakdown Image Engine VFX Studio

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Ew, slimy: check out Wwwind Studio's varied, visceral VFX breakdown for Bloody Smart (聰明鎮), the live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's cult horror manga More info and full video: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #creaturedesign #wwwindstudio

Ew, slimy: check out Wwwind Studio's varied, visceral VFX breakdown for Bloody Smart (聰明鎮), the live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's cult horror manga More info and full video: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #creaturedesign #wwwindstudio

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CityEngine 2025.1 is out Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new options for generating more complex forms for buildings #CityEngine #VFX #animation Esri

CityEngine 2025.1 is out Check out the new features in the procedural city generation software, including new options for generating more complex forms for buildings #CityEngine #VFX #animation Esri

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Beeble has released #SwitchLight 3.0, the new version of its video-to-PBR AI model It extracts #PBR texture maps from video, making it possible to relight live footage - and is now available for use offline, as well as in Beeble's browser app Beeble

Beeble has released #SwitchLight 3.0, the new version of its video-to-PBR AI model It extracts #PBR texture maps from video, making it possible to relight live footage - and is now available for use offline, as well as in Beeble's browser app Beeble

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Check out UPP's peppy #VFXbreakdown of its (largely) invisible effects from the Barbie movie Full video: #VFX UPP_VFX #BarbieTheMovie

Check out UPP's peppy #VFXbreakdown of its (largely) invisible effects from the Barbie movie Full video: #VFX UPP_VFX #BarbieTheMovie

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Check out Important-looking Pirates' spectacular #VFXbreakdown of the giant mutant crocodile it created for the Resident Evil series - and its eventual explosive death Full video (some gore): #VFX #creaturedesign #lookdev #characterrigging #animation

Check out Important-looking Pirates' spectacular #VFXbreakdown of the giant mutant crocodile it created for the Resident Evil series - and its eventual explosive death Full video (some gore): #VFX #creaturedesign #lookdev #characterrigging #animation

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Open wide: check out rigging artist Farid Panah's breakdown of a detailed Maya snake rig, created for Asoo VFX's work on an Indian feature film. See the full video (also shows skin sliding and a real-time fake muscle system): #Maya #characterrigging #VFX

Open wide: check out rigging artist Farid Panah's breakdown of a detailed Maya snake rig, created for Asoo VFX's work on an Indian feature film. See the full video (also shows skin sliding and a real-time fake muscle system): #Maya #characterrigging #VFX

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#Substance3DPainter 12.0 is out New features in the latest major version of Adobe's 3D texture painting software include this Warp to Geometry option to improve decal projection, and more viewport post effects #texturing #gamedev #VFX

#Substance3DPainter 12.0 is out New features in the latest major version of Adobe's 3D texture painting software include this Warp to Geometry option to improve decal projection, and more viewport post effects #texturing #gamedev #VFX

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#TopoGun 3 has been released See what's new in the first major update to the pioneering #retopology app for over a decade - including a neat new Patch tool to bridge the gap between manual and automatic retopology topogun #3dmodeling #digitalsculpting

#TopoGun 3 has been released See what's new in the first major update to the pioneering #retopology app for over a decade - including a neat new Patch tool to bridge the gap between manual and automatic retopology topogun #3dmodeling #digitalsculpting

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Check out Brom VFX's breakdown of its invisible effects (plus a literal Siamese cat) for Netflix political drama The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) Watch the full video on the Brom VFX website: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #BromVFX

Check out Brom VFX's breakdown of its invisible effects (plus a literal Siamese cat) for Netflix political drama The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) Watch the full video on the Brom VFX website: #VFX #VFXbreakdown #BromVFX

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Ornatrix 4 for Cinema 4D is out It's a wide-ranging update to the add-on for generating hair, fur and features, with new options for grooming and texturing hair, and converting it to cards #Ornatrix #Cinema4D #motiongraphics #VFX

Ornatrix 4 for Cinema 4D is out It's a wide-ranging update to the add-on for generating hair, fur and features, with new options for grooming and texturing hair, and converting it to cards #Ornatrix #Cinema4D #motiongraphics #VFX

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Framestore's new making-of for the live-action version of How to Train Your Dragon is mainly interview-based, but you get glimpses of the muscle set-up for Toothless Watch the full video on the Framestore YouTube channel: #VFX #VFXbreakdown Framestore

Framestore's new making-of for the live-action version of How to Train Your Dragon is mainly interview-based, but you get glimpses of the muscle set-up for Toothless Watch the full video on the Framestore YouTube channel: #VFX #VFXbreakdown Framestore

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