A Legacy of Light and Illusion: Remembering Bruce Logan, VFX Innovator The world of visual effects and cinematography has lost a true pioneer with the passing of Bruce Logan on April 10th in Los Angeles. He was 78 years old. Logan’s contributions shaped iconic moments in science fiction and beyond, leaving an indelible mark on … Read more
Autodesk has released Maya 2026, the new version of its 3D modeling and animation software. Unlike Autodesk’s recent annual updates to Maya, it does not introduce any complete new toolsets, but there are updates throughout the existing core functionality, including 3D modeling, retopology, shading, animation and simulation. There are also updates to Maya’s integration plugin … Read more
Epic Games has made KitBash3D’s Gaea fantasy architecture asset pack available to download for free from Fab, its new online marketplace. The set of over 1,200 unique high-poly meshes with 4K textures, usually sold for $199, is part of the latest set of time-limited free content released on Fab, and will be free until 25 … Read more
The first NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs are now available. Ahead of a longer review, CG Channel’s hardware expert Jason Lewis sets out his early benchmark test results for the GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 in CG apps including 3ds Max, Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine. Last week saw the launch of the GeForce … Read more
Red9’s demo of the character and facial rig it created for Sonic from Sonic the Hedgehog 3. New tools developed for the work are now available in Red9 ProPack, its Maya animation toolkit. Character rigging specialist Red9 has updated Red9 ProPack, its animation pipeline environment for Maya, with new tools developed as part of its … Read more
The Gnomon Workshop has released Cinematic Sand & Dust Simulations Using Houdini, a masterclass in professional simulation workflows, recorded by FX Artist Alvaro J. Segura. The advanced workshop provides over three hours of video training in Houdini and Nuke, and is demonstrated using Houdini Indie Master professional workflows for creating complex Houdini simulationsIn the workshop, … Read more
Faceform has released Wrap 2024.11 and Wrap4D 2024.11, the latest versions of its topology transfer software for creating CG characters from 3D scan data. Wrap 2024.11 includes significant quality-of-life improvements to the software’s node graph and brush tools, and introduces new options for working with vertex masks. Wrap4D 2024.11 also introduces a complete new toolset … Read more
Planetside Software has released Terragen 4.8, the latest stable version of its environment generation tool for VFX, motion graphics and general CG work. The update adds support for the Sky Paint tools in Terragen Sky, Terragen’s companion app, the option to export heightfields as 16-bit TIFFs, and makes significant performance improvements. One of the first … Read more