Freebie: 3D: Free 3D Teeth and Textures
March 30, 2018
Simon Telezhkin has created a realistic 3D model of teeth and gums, with textures, that’s free for personal use. There’s also a paid version available for commercial use.
Review: Indespensible Limiter Plugins for Mastering
March 29, 2018
Ian Vargo is an LA-based Producer, Mixer, and Audio Professor, and he has created for Pro Audio Files, and it is basically a review of 5 products that he loves for mastering, 3 of which we sell at Toolfarm. We also have a few others on our list that you may want to check out!
News: Substance Painter Live Link (3ds Max, Maya, MODO, Blender)
March 26, 2018
Xolotl Studio has created a Live Link connection between Substance Painter and several DCC’s like 3DS Max, Maya, Blender, MODO, and Houdini. We shared the beta link on our blog in December 2017 and it was popular, so I’m updating this post since the beta is no longer available. The released product is available on Gumroad.
Freebie: Redshift C4D Material Pack Sampler: 6 Free Materials
March 9, 2018
To celebrate the launch of the new Redshift C4D Material Pack 2, The Pixel Lab is offering a free pack of 6 Redshift Materials.
Friday Freebie: Maxwell Render: Maxwell Materials: New Materials Added
March 9, 2018
More than 500 new materials have been added to the Maxwell Material Gallery, bringing the total available free materials to over 5,800.
Freebie: 100 3D Tree Models
March 2, 2018
This tree library was created by Lluis Garcia for Unity Engine 4 but can be used in many other places. The tree library has 100 models with 16 different species.
Midweek Motivation: Co-nundrum Title Sequence
February 28, 2018
Designer and art director Tiber Ergür created the Co-nundrum title sequence as a self-practice project. The stunning visuals in this piece, along with the beautiful music, made me think it was for a real film. Too bad it isn’t, because this is amazing work. Software used: Cinema 4D, Octane Render, X-particles, and After Effects.
Big Screen Effects: The Shape of Water
February 28, 2018
The Shape of Water is my personal pick for Best Picture for the Academy Awards, and I’ve seen all of the nominated films. It’s so beautifully shot and the story is compelling. Without giving away any spoilers, The Shape of Water is the story of a mute woman who works in custodial services at a lab in 1962’s Baltimore during the Cold War. Scientists bring in an amphibious creature and love happens. Of course, the evil lab manager has other ideas. This is a roundup of the visual effects in the film, created by Mr. X and others.
Freebie: Cinema 4D and Octane Render Materials Pack
February 23, 2018
This free Octane Render Materials Pack has several types of metals with scratches and rust. Created by Vladislav Solovjov.
Big Screen Effects: The Magic Behind Coco
February 21, 2018
Coco was possibly my favorite film of 2017, and that is saying a lot because I saw a lot of movies! It’s visually stunning and gorgeously animated and tells a compelling story of a boy named Miguel who visits the world of the dead. Coco won Best Edited Animated at the American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Awards, and won Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature. Coco; Hèctor the VES Awards.
Coco has been nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song by the 2018 Academy Awards.Update: Mocha Pro v5.6 and Mocha VR v5.6 Now Available – 360 Stereoscopic Support for VR
February 6, 2018
This update adds new stereo support as well as containing several important defect fixes and improvements for both products.
Freebie: Free PBR Materials for Substance, Unity, Unreal
February 2, 2018
This pack of 9 substance materials, created by Renhui Yang, can be used in Unreal Engine, Substance Painter, Substance Player and Unity.
New: eyedesyn Cel Shader Studio for Cinema 4D is Now Available
January 30, 2018
Never buy or make another cel shader again. Cel Shader Studio is packed with over 900 beautiful procedural cel shader materials & numerous cel shader styles and overlays. Special intro price of only $79!
Freebie: Cinema 4D: X-Particles, Cycles 4D – INSYDIUM Content Repository
January 26, 2018
The INSYDIUM content repository contains Study Files and Work Examples that you can download and use for free, with which you can experiment and modify to better learn X-Particles and Cycles 4D.
Midweek Motivations: Sam Khorshid Interview, Mojin: The Lost Legend Trailer + VFX Breakdown
January 24, 2018
We’re packing a lot into this post. First, Edwin Braun of Cebas interviews VFX artist Sam Khorshid about his career, from Hollywood LA to Beijing, China, and from stereoscopic to procedural. He worked as VFX Supervisor on Mojin: The Lost Legend, a Chinese action film that looks awesome. We’re sharing the trailer for the film and VFX breakdowns too.