Bioluminescent Forest
Two artists from Germany have taken projection mapping to a forest. Watch the results as well as a making of...
Phoenix FD FLIP solver beta test #2
FX artist Tommi Saaristoranta has posted a video with new tests created with Chaos Group's fluid dynamics plugin that show...
ThinkingParticles electricity and lightning blackbox
A ThinkingParticles blackbox is being developed for easy creation and tweaking of lightning and electricity effects. Watch a video on...
ThinkingParticles foam WIP
VFX artist Toufik Mekbel is working on creating sea foam using ThinkingParticles. An early test is available on Vimeo.
VRClay demo video
A video has been posted showing a beta of the VRClay modeling software at work. VRClay uses the Oculus Rift...
Holiday sales
A number of companies are offering discounted prices for the holidays: CGAxis is having a sale until the end of...
Procedural plants generator
A tool is being developed for Houdini by Dmitry Gorohov for generating plants procedurally, in a way that they respond...
Splash modeling TP tool
VFX artist Alaa Alnahlawi has created a ThinkingParticles tool for modeling water splashes. Watch a sample video on Vimeo. (Note:...
A&G Tool Co. releases Car Kit and Car Paint V-Ray material libraries
A&G Tool Co. has made available two V-Ray material packs: V-Ray Car Kit materials, which includes 20 car-related materials such...
XRayunwrap recompiled for Max 2015
Napoli-based Raylight has released version 1.6 of their automatic UV unwrapping plugin, offering compatibility with Max 2015 and a redesigned...
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