html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd" VFX artist and tools developer Thomas Marcos has released a handy free Procedural Clouds Shader for Blender.The lightweight shader is designed for use in real production conditions, and is compatible with Blender’s Eevee and Cycles renderers. A lightweight cloud shader for VFX and motion graphics production Marcos has over five years’ experience in VFX, as a 3D Generalist at Belgian studios benuts and Mac Guff Belgium, and the cloud shader is designed for a “production-like context”.It generates realistic-looking cloud layers without external textures, with the clouds shown in the demo video above rendering in 30-60 seconds per frame. Price and system requirements Thomas Marcos’s Procedural Clouds Shader compatible with Blender 4.4+. It’s free, but if you like it, you can make a voluntary donation when downloading the file.Download the free Blender Procedural Clouds Shader from Thomas Marcos’s Gumroad store (Enter a figure of €0 to download the add-on for free, or add a voluntary tip) Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter). As well as being able to comment on stories, followers of our social media accounts can see videos we don’t post on the site itself, including making-ofs for the latest VFX movies, animations, games cinematics and motion graphics projects.