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01/13/2025

Check out Scanline VFX's breakdown of its (largely) invisible effects from war drama The Six Triple Eight

Watch the full video on the Scanline VFX Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1045208896

01/09/2025

Check out MPC's detailed VFX breakdown for Taka from Mufasa: The Lion King, showing the meticulous look development and character rigging process

Watch the full video on the MPC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDHfcEZKd5w

01/09/2025

Check out Framestore's VFX breakdown of the creatures it created for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II, including a CG rhino and baboon

Watch the full video on the Framestore YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGmzZTlRvdg

01/08/2025

Check out Outpost VFX's breakdown for Bob Marley: One Love, including the extensive CG crowds it created for the music biopic

Watch the full video on the Outpost VFX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G39u1rz_w_g

01/08/2025

Free tools: download some of the custom Houdini tools SideFX developed for Project Grot. The in-house tech demo showcases worldbuilding techniques for games environments, and resulted in tools for generating procedural ruins - and procedural flesh.

Both are available as Houdini .hip files and .hda files for use in Unreal Engine 5: https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/download-free-houdini-tools-from-project-grot/

01/08/2025

Check out Image Engine's massive sand simulations (and giant CG sandworm) from its VFX breakdown for the Dune: Prophecy series.

Watch the full video on the ImageEngineVFX YouTube channel (also shows the robot lizard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbKqv3C_yoI

01/07/2025

Check out PhantomFX's breakneck breakdown of some of the record-breaking 4,500+ VFX shots in Indian sci-fi comedy Ayalaan

Watch the full video on the PhantomFX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0xvx9Wv550

01/06/2025

Check out Musgo Studio's VFX breakdown of a CG football stadium and audience, created using Houdini for insurance firm Generali Tranquilidade

Watch the full video on the Musgo Studio Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1043708785

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250113_ScanlineVFXTheSixTripleEightBreakdown_tw.mp4
250113_ScanlineVFXTheSixTripleEightBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out Scanline VFX's breakdown of its (largely) invisible effects from war drama The Six Triple Eight Watch the full video on the Scanline VFX Vimeo channel: https://vimeo.com/1045208896

250104_CassidyTranDragonRigBreakdown_tw.mp4
250104_CassidyTranDragonRigBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out recent Gnomon graduate Cassidy Tran's technical breakdown of a character rig for a dragon, created in Maya for a collaborative animated short Watch the full video on Cassidy Tran's website: https://trancassidy.wixsite.com/chaoscat/breakdown-of-dragon

250110_ManurRig26Maya_FreeBirdRig_tw.mp4
250110_ManurRig26Maya_FreeBirdRig_tw.mp4

Free tool: Mansur-Rig now comes with this free bird character rig. Check out the other changes in version 2.6 of the modular Maya character rigging toolset, which is also now free, including for commercial use. https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/modular-maya-character-rig-builder-mansur-rig-is-now-free/

250109_InGonParkSimulationBreakdown_tw.mp4
250109_InGonParkSimulationBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out MPC Senior FX Artist InGon Park's tech breakdown of a giant creature being hit by a magically generated ground explosion, simulated in Houdini as a personal project Watch the full video on the InGon Park YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYzTY1gHqb4 Find tech info on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ingonpark_opentowork-vfx-visualeffects-activity-7280697382424440834-jOvd/

250109_MPC_LionKingTakaBreakdown_tw.mp4
250109_MPC_LionKingTakaBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out MPC's detailed VFX breakdown for Taka from Mufasa: The Lion King, showing the meticulous look development and character rigging process Watch the full video on the MPC YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDHfcEZKd5w

250109_FramestoreGladiatorIIBreakdown_tw.mp4
250109_FramestoreGladiatorIIBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out Framestore's VFX breakdown of the creatures it created for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II, including a CG rhino and baboon Watch the full video on the Framestore YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGmzZTlRvdg

250108_OutpostVFXBobMarleyOneLoveBreakdown_tw.mp4
250108_OutpostVFXBobMarleyOneLoveBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out Outpost VFX's breakdown for Bob Marley: One Love, including the extensive CG crowds it created for the music biopic Watch the full video on the Outpost VFX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G39u1rz_w_g #VFX #VFXbreakdown @outpostvfx

250106_SideFX_ProjectGrot_FreeCustomHoudiniWorldbuildingTools_tw.mp4
250106_SideFX_ProjectGrot_FreeCustomHoudiniWorldbuildingTools_tw.mp4

Free tools: download some of the custom Houdini tools SideFX developed for Project Grot. The in-house tech demo showcases worldbuilding techniques for games environments, and resulted in tools for generating procedural ruins - and procedural flesh. Both are available as Houdini .hip files and .hda files for use in Unreal Engine 5: https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/download-free-houdini-tools-from-project-grot/

250108_ImageEngineDuneProphecyBreakdown_tw.mp4
250108_ImageEngineDuneProphecyBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out Image Engine's massive sand simulations (and giant CG sandworm) from its VFX breakdown for the Dune: Prophecy series. Watch the full video on the ImageEngineVFX YouTube channel (also shows the robot lizard): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbKqv3C_yoI

250107_PhantomFX_AyalaanBreakdown_tw.mp4
250107_PhantomFX_AyalaanBreakdown_tw.mp4

Check out PhantomFX's breakneck breakdown of some of the record-breaking 4,500+ VFX shots in Indian sci-fi comedy Ayalaan Watch the full video on the PhantomFX YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0xvx9Wv550

240106_TikManager_FreePipelineManager_tw.mp4
240106_TikManager_FreePipelineManager_tw.mp4

Check out open-source project- and pipeline-management tool Tik Manager 4. DNEG TD Arda Kutlu's free app is intended to be intuitive enough for non-TDs to use, but robust enough to scale to larger VFX, animation or games projects. It integrates with key DCC software including Maya, Blender, Houdini and Substance 3D Painter. https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/tik-manager-4-is-a-lightweight-robust-open-source-pipeline-tool/

250106_PaintSystem_FreeLayerPaintingSystemForBlender_tw.mp4
250106_PaintSystem_FreeLayerPaintingSystemForBlender_tw.mp4

Free tool: Paint System 'turns Blender into Photoshop'. Tawan Sunflower's intuitive new add-on implements Photoshop-style layer-based painting inside Blender, making it possible to paint non-photorealistic textures directly onto a 3D object. https://www.cgchannel.com/2025/01/free-tool-paint-system-turns-blender-into-photoshop/

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