RTYuki ItoFoam #Houdini

Re @RandyT1317 Haha, I loved Tremors! I remember renting it multiple times from the store when I was a kid.

Re @iRenderOfficial Thank you! It is quite fun to play around with.

Re @NateGio Thank you! For this example, I was using maps from @ScansLibrary

Re @rileyb3d You're welcome!

Re @jwlindl Thank you, Jake! :)

Re @yufuztan Thank you, I hope it helps! :)

Re @jungle_jimjim I've included the custom mixing node group in my "Foundations of the Earth" pack, but I've also included a screenshot of the node group itself in the video, in case you just want to copy it and build it yourself. You can find that at the 30:05 mark here: https://youtu.be/T5shxbQ_ais?si=NbmmVIxpFZTFswTv&t=1805

Re @OctaSpacehub Thank you! Yes, I will check now :)

RTClment MoreauI'm releasing this on Gumroad if anyone wants to play with it

Re @kingbobstudios Thank you! It was just a random idea that popped into my head- shame it took me nearly 20 years to think of it, haha.

Here's a surprisingly simple technique to blend PBR maps together; you can use their heightmaps as an additional factor to influence the mix.The full breakdown is in my recent YouTube tutorial (link in comments). #b3d

Re PBR mixing section starts at 28:04: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5shxbQ_ais&t=1684s

Re @JesseMiettinen A lot of fun to see all the different tools you created that went into your scene, Jesse! Good luck in the challenge :)

Re @MrDavids1 Thank you, my friend. I wish you and Milo the best during this difficult time.

Re @MrDavids1 I'm very sorry to hear of this diagnosis. I understand you feel gutted, I've experienced it too. Milo is a very cute dog. Remember that, thanks to you, he had a good life, and he will never have to experience the pain of losing you. You have my sympathies.

RTJason Key#EmberGen

Re @clementmoreau3d I really enjoy the design of the vehicle and the physics of the rig! Seeing it in motion is a lot of fun.

Searching Pinterest for reference images feels like developing a drug addiction in less than 30 seconds.

Re @8Infinite8 I'm sure you have lots of ideas that would meld well with the new tools coming out. Hopefully you'll be able to find a way to try them all out :)

Re @letkma Wow, do you know if Claude is generally better at that than ChatGPT? I've tried it in the latter, but haven't had very good results with it.

Re @SMOUSE_CG Such pleasing results, and probably the only solution I've seen that can resolve quickly and look good!

RTClment MoreauA little animation from an upcoming project

Re @sherif_a_dawoud Wow, it reminds me a lot of a painting! Not just the colors and lighting but the forms and shapes. Was that your intention?

For those of you interested in quickly assembling landscapes in Blender, you can find my entire "landbashing" workflow on YouTube. #b3dClassy Dog:Finally, after nearly 5 years, I have a new YouTube video for you all! If you're interested in learning how to create sprawling landscapes in Blender, give it a watch! #b3d (Link in the comments below)

RTAidyBurrowsOUT NOW! Game Asset Workflow: A Complete Blender Guide. What is it?11+ Hrs! A Step-by-Step Guide to Modeling, Sculpting, Texturing, UVs, Optimization and Exporting for Game Engines. Link below

Re @AidyBurrows3D Wow, I didn't realize it was so close to being released! That's great news :)

Excited to see what Gleb and Aidy have been working on, it looks pretty cool.Gleb Alexandrov:Game Asset Workflow in Blender course by your favorite Blender rock band Creative Shrimps , soon!

RTAndrew PriceThis week/month in 3D...Blenders announces plans for 2025A big focus this year is on tools to empower studios, by adding project wide variables, override improvements, storyboarding tools and layered animation. Artists will love performance improvements to Eevee shader compilation (thank God), sculpting layers and hair dynamics. Oh and 5.0 is coming in November! Read the full list here: https://www.blender.org/development/projects-to-look-forward-to-2025 Also, the conference has been moved to September (yay!) so you no longer have to decide between Halloween or Blender Blender movie earns global awardsWith a tiny budget of just $4M, Flow is turning heads for being made entirely with open source 3d software. Its already got a Golden Globe and might win the Oscar next week. A masterclass in efficient storytelling: a small group of characters, one key environment, and no dialogue. It wont appeal to everyone, but I was surprised at how much I liked it. Watch the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgZccxuj2RYImpressive Open Source 3DGS viewerSuper Splat lets you inspect, edit and publish 3D Gaussian Splats directly to the web. And its borderline magic. Some of my favs from the community: bobcat, motorcycle, snowy house, accessible here: https://superspl.at/Read documentation and usage on the Github: https://github.com/playcanvas/supersplat?tab=readme-ov-fileHow a Japanese studio is embracing AI while retaining human controlTheir workflow is to feed it a start and an end frame, then use proprietary AI trained on their own content to generate the in-between frames, which they then manually paint over. Without AI, the work would take a minimum of one week to ten days. Using AI, it is about four of five hours. Theres lots of negativity on this story, but Im an optimist. I dont think teams will get smaller in the long term, I think visions will get larger. And it will kickstart countless smaller indie projects that would otherwise never see the light, in the same way that falling CG costs have exploded usage across all industries today.Watch the video (3-mins): https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20241209155445347/index.html'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' is a VFX masterpieceNearly every character is CG, covered in hair, and in a real-world environment that is often rapidly moving water. Yet somehow, almost every frame is perfect. Hats off to Weta yet again. Hopefully they win the Oscar. They just uploaded a VFX Breakdown, mocap segment, and simulation segment.Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3spicj1i2e8PS. Want this delivered weekly in your inbox? Get the week's most important 3D news sent to inbox by joining the free newsletter: https://www.blenderguru.com/thisweekin3d

Re @JacobDaltonVFX That is really cool! I've dreamed of something that can estimate depth like this and now it looks like it's coming true.