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Check out Accenture Song's CG recreations of Gotham City from its VFX breakdown for The Batman spin-off crime drama The Penguin
Watch the full video on the Accenture YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6DByAdASbg

LightWave Digital has previewed LightWave 2025. Check out the new features due in the 3D animation and rendering app, including the RIPD real-time preview, a new cel shader, and updates to character rigging.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/02/lightwave-digital-previews-lightwave-2025/
Check out Wētā FX's VFX breakdown of Noa from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. The studio translated Owen Teague's facial performance to the CG chimp using its Facial Deep Learning Solver driving a traditional FACS rig.
Watch the full video on the Wētā FX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VxFLklXRUw
Check out the new features in the ForestPack 9.1 releases. The latest updates to Itoosoft's popular 3ds Max scattering plugin add new options to 3D ivy generator ForestIvy, including the option to generate ivy without an underlying 3D surface.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/02/check-out-the-new-features-in-the-forestpack-9-1-updates/
Master industry-standard workflows for sculpting a AAA-quality game character using ZBrush, Maya and Marvelous Designer with Creating a Character for Games – Vol. 1, The Gnomon Workshop's detailed new masterclass.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/02/tutorial-creating-a-character-for-games/

Check out 5 great VFX breakdowns from the 2025 V-Ray VFX and Animation Showreel. Watch Chaos's round-up of the best new work created using the renderer, then read making-ofs for key movies, broadcast series, games cinematics and CG shorts.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/02/see-five-great-vfx-breakdowns-from-the-2025-v-ray-showreel/
Check out Industrial Light & Magic's VFX breakdown of the amazing CG environments from Wicked.
Watch the full video on the Industrial Light & Magic YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grbr1RTATOI
Check out Gorilla VFX's breakdown of a campervan driving off a cliff into the sea from vampire thriller The Radleys
Watch the full video on the Gorilla VFX Vimeo channel (expect some gore): https://vimeo.com/1050713746
Check out Lightcut's VFX breakdown of a CG lion from Indian thriller Gaami.
Watch the full video on the Lightcut Film Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1051616358
Discover how Vine FX created a parasitic underwater forest for Season 2 of Amazon Prime Video's supernatural thriller The Rig. Visit CG Channel to watch the full VFX breakdown and discover how the studio used procedural growth simulation to create the unsettling ocean environment.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/discover-how-vine-fx-created-a-parasitic-underwater-forest-for-the-rig/
Boris FX has released Optics 2025. Check out the new features in the Photoshop plugin and standalone app for applying cinematic effects to still images, including AI-powered one-click object masking and Particle Brushes for painting in fire and magical glows.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/boris-fx-releases-optics-2025/
Check out Wētā FX's tightly choreographed VFX breakdown of the 'Rock DJ' sequence from offbeat Robbie Williams biopic Better Man
We've muted this clip, so watch the full video with audio on the Wētā FX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1M_gl8G_E
Pulldownit 6 for Maya is out. Check out the new features in the destruction plugin for gamedev and VFX, including an interactive Edge Fracture tool, better fragment clustering and faster dynamics simulation.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/thinkinetic-releases-pulldownit-6/

Photoshop 26.3 is out. Check out the changes to Adobe's image-editing app, with the Frame Tool getting new shape options and integration with generative AI.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/adobe-releases-photoshop-26-3/

Adobe has launched unmetered access to the Substance 3D Assets. Users with Substance 3D Texturing or Substance 3D Collection subscriptions now have 'unlimited access' to the online library of over 19,000 stock materials, 3D models and HDRIs.
Read our FAQs: https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/substance-3d-subscribers-get-unlimited-access-to-substance-3d-assets/

Free tool: Animation Render Time Estimator for Blender. The handy free add-on displays an estimated time and progress bar for entire animations being rendered, not just individual frames.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/free-tool-animation-render-time-estimator-for-blender/

Free tool: RealityScan 1.6 is out. Epic Games' latest update to its Android and iOS 3D scanning app provides more control over scans, with the option to generate 1-million-poly models with 8K textures.
https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/check-out-free-android-and-ios-3d-scanning-app-realityscan-1-6/
Check out One of Us's VFX breakdown of its ocean simulation from WWII drama The Six Triple Eight
Watch the full video on the One of Us VFX YouTube channel (also shows the CG environments and crowd extensions): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1revKjP--U
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