Allegorithmic has released their Autumn update for Substance Designer, bringing support for AxF material authoring and a host of new nodes, including:  (more...)

Toolchefs has released Atoms Crowd, a new crowd simulation tool that's interoperable between Maya and Houdini and compatible with RenderMan, V-Ray and Arnold. Main features include: (more...)

Ixor and Platige Image have released a new breakdown of their work on The Game Changer, a Chinese film directed by Xixi Gao that recreates 1930s Shanghai. Watch it on Vimeo.

A VFX breakdown by Finland-based Roger! Pictures has been released for It Came from the Desert, a horror-comedy film based on the Cinemaware game of the same name. Released for the Amiga platform in 1989, the original was an homage to American B-movies that has since become a cult classic in its own right. Watch it on Vimeo.

Sergey Kritskiy has released a collection of 3 handy scripts for Photoshop that allows you to hide and unhide layers with a keypress. You can toggle the visibility of selected layers or any layers that have a specified prefix. It's also possible to to toggle the visibility of channels with a specified prefix. The tools costs $3.50 and can be purchased via GumRoad.

Korea-based Dexter Studios has posted a video showcasing its work for Xiaoding Zhao and Anthony LaMolinara's film Once Upon a Time. Watch it on YouTube.

Envious of the Geodesic Voxel Binding tools in 3DS Max and Maya, Mesh Online has released a new add-on bringing similar functionality to Blender. Voxel Heat Diffuse Skinning is not restricted to airtight models and works by combining Blender's built-in heat map approach with voxels for a more robust skinning solution. The add-on costs $50. For more information, including and explanation of the algorithm and workflow examples, visit Blender Market.