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Introduction to Lumen, Unreal Engine 5’s new GI tech

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Polygon Academy has published a new tutorial that explains how to use lumen to light scenes in Unreal Engine 5. Topics [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3vwHlPQ

Creating a noise compound with BiFrost

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Jason Brown has released a new multi-part tutorial that explores in detail the theory of using noise in computer graphics [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3yIVFH2

ArtEngine 2021.5 released

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Unity has announced the release of ArtEngine 2021.5, the latest version of its standalone AI powered texturing tool. New features [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3wJY1nn

iToo Software release parametric libraries for RailClone

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iToo Software has announced the release of TheParametricLibrary, a new range of commercial assets for RailClone. At the time of the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/34nF5i7

Quixel Bridge demo for UE5

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Quixel has released a video that shows a little more detail on the integration of Quixel Bridge in Unreal Engine [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3oVujJb

Verge3D 3.7 released with light probes, mobile apps, and clipping planes

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Soft8Soft LLC has announced the release of Verge3D 3.7, the latest version of its toolkit for creating interactive web-0based experiences [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3i0U7m1

FormCutter 2.5 for 3ds Max released

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CDanC has announced an update to FormCutter, a boolean based tool for 3ds Max that can use a freehand path [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3oTmkN1

Unreal Engine 5 early access build now available

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Epic Games has announced that an early access build of Unreal Engine 5 is now available. The news was revealed [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3umPNQt

TearKnit FX for Maya

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UnPLUG Tools has released TearKnit,  a new procedural fibre-knit based cloth tearing plugin for Maya. Find out more on Gumroad. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3bN9KcQ

V-Ray glTF viewer

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Chaos Group has been working on a set of Python scripts to render glTF 2.0 files with the V-Ray SDK. [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3bPOdQt

Maya Bonus Tools 2022 released

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Autodesk has announced that Maya Bonus Tools 2022 is now available. New additions to the collection include a boolean-based speed [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3f8Ec2Q

HDR Light Studio – Xenon Drop 3

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Lightmap has announced HDR Light Studio – Xenon Drop 3, the latest version of its HDR creation and editing tool. [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3fx03jO

Start using OSL in 3ds Max: OSL Bitmap Lookup and Uber Bitmap

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Ciro Cardoso has released the first of several videos that explores how 3ds Max users can start the transition away [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3fviPYG

Intel Open Image Denoise v1.4.0 released

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Intel has announced the release of Open Image Denoise v1.4.0, its open-source denoising library used by several applications (including Blender). [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3f6z13H

Chaos Vantage 1.3 released

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Chaos has announced an update to Chaos Vantage, its real-time standalone ray-tracing renderer. Improvements include support for V-Ray 2 Sided [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3v7j7vt

Introduction to USD for 3ds Max users

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State of Art Academy has published a handy article (with videos) outlining how to import and export scenes using the [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3f4AkjG

ZBrushCoreMini 2021 released

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Pixologic has announced the release of ZBrushCoreMini 2021, the latest version of its free version of ZBrush. New features in [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3oywcv8

Golaem Academy free crowd TD training course recordings now available

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Golaem recently announced a free live training academy to help users become crowd artists. It comprised 4 sessions each of [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3cJkVUN

Light Tracer 1.9.0 released – Windows, Mac and browser-based GPU rendering

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Light Tracer has been updated to version 1.9.0, adding support for Disney’s shader model, a rough glass materials with improved [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3ocDOlv

The Tomorrow Challenge 2021 – The First Settlement

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D2 Conferences has announced their latest 3D competition. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3eZRGhr

New Book “V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max 2020: 3D Rendering Workflows” published

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Jamie Cardoso has announced the publication of his latest book V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max 2020: 3D Rendering Workflows by Taylor [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3ox0fUd

The Mill’s digital Einstein breakdown

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The Mill has posted a video giving us a glimpse of how created a digital avatar of Einstein. Watch it [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/33SGWLk

Milk VFX’s Intergalactic reel

Milk VFX has published its breakdown reel for season 1 of Intergalactic. Watch it on Vimeo. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2SVJI0d

Evermotion releases subscription plans

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Evermotion has announced a new subscription for buying its assets for archviz. Evermotion Pass gives users access to the entire [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Qny0dQ

Photoshop May 2021 update released

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Adobe has announced a minor update to Photoshop adding a new option to save a copy to the file menu, [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3bxNEL8

Sculptron 1.1 available now

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OTOY has announced the release of Sculptron 1.1, the latest version of its tool for sculpting animated meshes using GPU [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3bqPXQc

Creature modelling for games with Maya and ZBrush

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Autodesk has released a detailed 22 part course on creature modelling for games with Maya and ZBrush. Watch it on [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3fgwVNn

Introduction to Substance functions

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Adobe has released a new 3 part tutorial series explaining how to use functions in Substance. Watch the source on [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3uPiyWS

Pulldownit 5 for Maya released

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Thinkinetic has announced a new release of its destruction plugin Pulldownit for Maya. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2SCSQGT

Insydium acquires Terraform4D

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Insydium, the creators of XParticles for Cinema4D, has announced the acquisition of Terraform4D, a “versatile, art-directable terrain generation system”. Read [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3bllnHD

Official Meshroom tutorials

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Meshroom has released two concise new tutorials to explain workflows for its open-source photogrammetry tool. The first video shows a [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3ofq0rR

Autodesk releases USD plugin for 3ds 2022

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Autodesk has announced the public beta of a USD plugin for 3ds Max 2022. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3w44ZD4

Library Track/Relink script for 3ds Max

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Pixamoon has released Library Track/Relink, a new script for 3ds Max that is able to organise, collect or relink multiple [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3hifcYt

The Math of Comp – free short course

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Ben McEwan has released a free short course titled “The Maths of Comp” that aims to expand users’ technical understanding [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Q3YL6W

3ds Meetup TV – May 2021

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3ds Meetup TV’s latest episode is available to replay now. Speakers and topics include Star Trek Online’s Thomas Marrone along [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3y0RpCs

Mackevision’s VFX Animation reel

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Mackevision has released a new reel of its animation work. Watch it on Vimeo. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3vN9p1g

Ubisoft releases Mixer, a Blender add-on for collaboration

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Ubisoft has announced an update to Mixer, its open-source Blender add-on designed to facilitate real-time collaboration. It allows multiple Blender [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2XAX3KP

Pixomondo’s 2021 VFX Reel

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Pixomondo has released its 2021 VFX reel. Watch it on Vimeo. Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3h5RAq9

Stipple points cloud import, view, and editing plugin for Unity

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Light & Shadows has announced Stipple, a plugin for Unity that allows users to import, visualise and edit points clouds. [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3f54QZi

RailClone 4.3 released with speed boost, new deform controls, macros and more

iToo Software has announced an update to RailClone, its parametric modelling and layout tool for 3ds Max. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/2Rpg9U5

Clarisse 5 released

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Isotropix has announced the release of Clarisse 5 including of 100 new features and improvements. (more…) Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3todqaP

Total Relighting: Learning to Relight Portraits for Background Replacement

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A new video shows a technology that’s able to change the background to a portrait and then relight that portrait [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3vMgvTw

ActionVFX releases crowd stock footage

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ActionVFX has announced the release of crowd stock footage. Two new collections are available: Sports Crowds and Concert Crowds each [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3eTpFae

Thomas Berg’s Olav VFX Breakdown

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Thomas Berg has posted an impressive breakdown for his VFX work on Olav, a Norwegian Viking documentary.  According to his [...] Read more from CGPress news https://ift.tt/3f0k8yK