Get ProductionCrate's three new free After Effects plugins
Crate's Unmult, Crate's Chromatic Aberration and Crate's Long Shadow streamline common tasks in VFX, motion graphics and CG work.
Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
compositing
Boris FX releases Continuum 2025
Set of effects plugins for video editing and compositing apps gets new AI-based motion blur filter and updates to Particle Illusion.
Friday, November 1st, 2024
Autodesk releases Flame 2025.2
Check out the new features in the compositing and effects software, including a new machine-learning-assisted Morph tool.
Friday, October 25th, 2024
Color Intelligence releases Colourlab Ai 3 Creator and Pro
Updated: Pro edition of the AI color grading software includes ACES support and a new OFX plugin for integration with Nuke.
Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Free Nuke plugin Flow Warp bends images round custom paths
Compositing Academy's neat free VFX tool offers a simple way to create flows of energy and light, or art direct stock FX elements.
Monday, October 21st, 2024
Sneak peeks: Adobe's Project Perfect Blend and Project Scenic
Interesting experimental AI technologies relight images during compositing, and use 3D to guide the layout of 2D images.
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Adobe releases After Effects 25.0
Compositing software gets 'more modern', legible interface design, and 'decluttered' 3D model import. See all of the changes here.
Monday, October 14th, 2024
Tutorial: Cinematic Lighting Shot Production
Master professional CG lighting workflows in Maya, Arnold, Katana and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's masterclass.
Sunday, October 6th, 2024
Free Nuke plugin pScatter 'breaks up your perfect CG renders'
Handy add-on uses position data to add imperfections to renders from 3D applications like Blender, Houdini and Maya within Nuke.
Sunday, September 29th, 2024
Maxon releases Red Giant 2025
See the new features in the sets of effects plugins: Magic Bullet 2025, Maxon Studio 2025, Trapcode 2025, Universe 2025 and VFX 2025.
Saturday, September 14th, 2024
Check out the new machine learning tools in Silhouette 2024.5
Roto and paint software gets new 'single-click' AI tool for generating masks from source footage, plus new annotation tools.
Saturday, September 14th, 2024
OpenFX 1.5 has been released
First update to the open standard for VFX plugins in almost a decade improves color management, and widens CPU and GPU support.
Friday, September 6th, 2024
Advanced Compositing: Keying & Creating 2.5D Projections
Master real-world production workflows in Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's advanced tutorial in visual effects compositing.
Sunday, August 25th, 2024