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Tech Weeklies

Tech Weeklies is back! Unreal’s Mesh to MetaHuman, DNEG’s review tool, new Blender out

Posted onJune 11, 2022

Catching up on a week of tech news in VFX, animation and CG.

VFX Breakdowns

Epic Games posts making of ‘The Matrix Awakens’

Posted onJune 7, 2022

A really fun behind the scenes video with previously unseen footage from how ‘The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience’ was crafted.

VFX Insight

All about the ‘Ninety Days’ Unreal Engine 5 and Quixel Megascans project

Posted onMay 30, 2022

Over 40 environments were created in just a few days each.

Articles

These ‘Matrix Awakens’ behind the scenes videos are fantastic

Posted onApril 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Plus, you can download the sample city for free.

VFX Insight

RD-Textures scans have moved to the Quixel Megascans Library

Posted onFebruary 18, 2022

The texture sets from RD-Textures can be accessed immediately with your Epic Games account.

VFX Insight

Here’s how to get access to Megascans Trees

Posted onDecember 22, 2021December 22, 2021

They are now in early access in the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

Articles

Unreal Engine has made a ‘Matrix’-themed immersive experience with a photoreal Keanu

Posted onDecember 10, 2021December 10, 2021

The experience has pre-rendered cinematics, real-time rendered scenes, and a car shoot-em-up you can PLAY.

VFX Insight

Here’s how Moab canyons and rock formations were scanned for Megascans

Posted onDecember 3, 2021

This behind the scenes Quixel video takes you on location for the scans.

VFX Insight

Go deeper into this Megascans-made medieval village

Posted onNovember 4, 2021November 4, 2021

These extended Quixel video tutorials take a deep dive into performance optimization.

Articles

How Aaron Sims Creative made ‘The Eye: Calanthek’ in UE5 in six weeks

Posted onNovember 1, 2021November 5, 2021

And, how you can download the alien creature animated with Control Rig from the short right now.

VFX Insight

Megascans infests ‘Resident Evil Village’

Posted onSeptember 23, 2021October 7, 2021

How Capcom utilized the Quixel Megascans Library for the first-person survival-horror game.

Articles

You’ve seen this Unreal Engine character before, and now YOU can animate her

Posted onSeptember 8, 2021September 8, 2021

A new animation sample project is also being released for UE 4.27 and UE5.

Articles

You can already download the in-camera VFX sample for the now-out Unreal Engine 4.27

Posted onAugust 20, 2021August 20, 2021

4.27 has just been released, and a big part of its offerings relate to in-camera VFX workflows.

Articles

Tech Weeklies: New news from Nvidia, Autodesk, Epic, Chaos and Adobe

Posted onAugust 15, 2021

The latest in VFX and animation tech.

Articles

Here’s where you can download ‘production-ready’ CG assets from VFX, anim and game engine studios

Posted onAugust 8, 2021August 9, 2021

Thanks to Animal Logic, WDAS, Pixar, Oats, Unity and Epic.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: Ep 4 – Space Jam 2, Tomorrow War, Loki, and a look at LED volume filmmaking

Posted onJuly 27, 2021September 2, 2021

Hugo and Ian review some films and shows, and discuss LED walls.

Articles

Tech Weeklies: Epic buys Sketchfab, Unity buys SpeedTree, FreeMoCap, ASWF Open Source Days

Posted onJuly 24, 2021

The latest in VFX tech.

Articles

Epic made a new in-camera VFX short: go behind the scenes here

Posted onJuly 22, 2021July 23, 2021

Epic Games and Bullitt used the in-camera VFX toolset in upcoming Unreal Engine 4.27.

Articles

You can get early access to Unreal Engine 5…now

Posted onMay 27, 2021

And you can already try out Lumen, Nanite and more in the sample ‘Valley of the Ancient’ project.

Articles

You can get early access to MetaHuman Creator, right now

Posted onApril 15, 2021April 15, 2021

The Early Access program is officially open.

Articles

Interview: ‘Mandalorian’ virtual production supervisor Clint Spillers

Posted onApril 7, 2021April 8, 2021

An interview from Epic Games’ Virtual Production Field Guide.

Articles

Watch this 40min demo on how to use MetaHuman Creator

Posted onFebruary 18, 2021February 18, 2021

The new digital humans app from Epic Games.

Articles

Now you can meet a MetaHuman

Posted onFebruary 11, 2021

Epic Games has announced a browser-based app called MetaHuman Creator.

Articles

Weta Digital’s meerkat Unreal short available as free sample files

Posted onDecember 11, 2020December 13, 2020

Download the entire scene.

Articles

Unreal Engine 4.26 is out

Posted onDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020

Epic Games updates virtual production toolset, hair and fur, and other features.

Articles

News in real-time and digital humans: Epic Games acquires tech of Hyprsense

Posted onNovember 17, 2020

Hyprsense is known for real-time facial anim.

VFX Insight

Epic Games to host ‘Unreal Build: Virtual Production’ event

Posted onOctober 27, 2020November 10, 2020

The half-day event is happening November 10th.

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