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Check out Mathematic's breakdown of '70 Years of Lightness', its beautiful animated ad for Alpine racing cars, executed in a range of visual styles, from comic-book to realistic Watch the full video on the Mathematic website: mathematic.tv/reel/alpine-70… #VFXbreakdown #animation

Blender is getting support for tablets, starting with the iPad Pro See early mock-ups of how the open-source 3D software's UI could adapted for the new iOS port - and, in the longer term, for Android devices cgchannel.com/2025/07/blende… #Blender #B3D #iOS #iPad #Android @blender

Check out DPStudio's #VFXbreakdown of Game of Thrones fan film Return of the Dragon, created in #Blender, #EmberGen, #FusionStudio and #DaVinciResolve Full breakdown: youtube.com/watch?v=QXPLQr… Final short: youtube.com/watch?v=cr6UN1… #B3D #VFX #characterrigging #lookdev #simulation

Discover how to create a combat sequence like this one with Animating Stylized Attacks in Maya, @Gnomon_Workshop's masterclass in games animation, recorded by NetherRealm Studios Senior Cinematic Animator Brad Faucheux cgchannel.com/2025/07/tutori… #animation #gamedev #Maya

Check out Union's VFX breakdown for the 'USS Callister: Into Infinity' episode of Black Mirror, set inside the VR game of the title Watch the full video on the Union VFX YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=b-nipO… #VFX #VFXbreakdown #BlackMirror @unionvfx

The VIEW Conference has begun to announce its speakers for 2025 As usual, it's a stellar line-up, including the directors of DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon and The Bad Guys 2 and Pixar's Elio Full list: viewconference.it #animation #VFX @viewconference

D5 Render 2.11 is out It's a wide-ranging update to the architectural renderer, adding #AI PBR material generation, and new scene layout, lighting and camera features Check out the key changes: cgchannel.com/2025/07/dimens… #rendering #visualization #archviz @D5Render

#InstaMAT 2025 is out It's a major update, adding a complete new terrain-generation toolset to the 3D #texturing and material authoring tools, tipped as an alternative to Adobe's #Substance3D apps Free to indie artists cgchannel.com/2025/07/abstra… #gamedev #VFX @InstaMAT_io

Check out Room 8 Studio's tech breakdown of its story trailer for zombie MMORPG Persist Online, taking the spot from #storyboard to final #animation Watch the full video on the Heroic by Room 8 Group Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/1101837824 #VFXbreakdown @Room8studio

Wacom just launched the MovinkPad 11 The $450 Android drawing tablet is aimed at young artists and 'capturing inspiration on the move'. Check out its key specs cgchannel.com/2025/07/wacom-… #digitalsketching #digitalpainting @wacom

Howler 2025.7 is out Check out the changes to the versatile image-editing and digital painting app, including a new expression engine for creating more complex effects cgchannel.com/2025/07/projec… #imageediting #digitalpainting

Check out the MetaTailor Unreal Engine Bridge plugin The add-on streamlines the process of dressing MetaHumans, transferring data from #UnrealEngine to 3D clothing fitting tool #MetaTailor in one click It's currently in free beta cgchannel.com/2025/07/check-… @MetaTailor_app

Beeble Studio is out of early access Check out the pricing for the app, which provides access to video-to-PBR #AI model SwitchLight 2.0. The tech enables artists to relight video without manual 3D reconstruction cgchannel.com/2025/07/beeble… #VFX #motiongraphics @beeble_ai

Free software: DJV 3.0 The heavyweight #opensource image sequence viewer and video playback tool for VFX and animation work gets its first update for five years, adding support for #USD files and #OpenTimelineIO data cgchannel.com/2025/07/get-fr… #VFX #animation #motiongraphics

Reallusion has delayed the release of #CharacterCreator 5 Check out the new date for the next major version of the character creation app, its new pre-release pricing - and new features like this ActorMixer system for blending 3D characters cgchannel.com/2025/07/reallu… @reallusion

Check out Room 8 Studio's tech breakdown of the trailer for mobile MMO Godilla x Kong: Titan Chasers, taking the spot from #storyboard to rendered #animation Watch the full video on the HEROIC by Room 8 Group Vimeo channel: vimeo.com/1065139398 @Room8studio

SynthEyes 2025.5 is out Check out the new features in Boris FX's 3D tracking and match-moving software, including a new AI-based motion estimation mode for auto-tracking tricky shots cgchannel.com/2025/07/boris-… #SynthEyes #3dtracking #matchmoving #VFX #motiongraphics @borisfx

A very, very good dog: @Framestore has posted a new narrated #VFXbreakdown for Cosmo from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, taking the CG character from reference scans to facial animation. Watch the full video on the Framestore YouTube channel: youtube.com/watch?v=W3kI23… #VFX

Check out Cadence Effects' #VFXbreakdown of its invisible effects for Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, with annotations showing the subtle changes made to each shot Watch the full video on the Cadence Effects website: vimeo.com/1101973892 #VFX @cadenceeffects

Discover how to design environments for #VFX and #gamedev with Cityscape Set Design, @Gnomon_Workshop's new series of tutorials aimed at 2D artists looking to make the move to 3D. Volume 2 covers texturing, lighting and rendering. cgchannel.com/2025/07/tutori… #Maya #Photoshop