Miris Built a Car Configurator Without Pixel Streaming

Blender 5.2 LTS: How New Thin Wall Feature Works

Blender 5.2 LTS (currently in beta) introduces a new Thin Wall mode to the Principled BSDF node, addressing long-standing transparency rendering issues. The feature simplifies workflows for translucent materials like paper, leaves, frosted glass, and thin films, replacing the need for Solidify modifiers. A video by SouthernShotty demonstrates how to use Thin Wall, including creating a creepy silhouette effect behind frosted glass.

Three.js Port Of Evan Wallace's WebGL Water

Yong Su has ported Evan Wallace's classic WebGL Water demo to Three.js, adding enhancements like configurable pool shapes (rounded boxes), a light-follow camera mode, and an extensible object system. The simulation features ray-traced reflections, refractions, caustics, and interactive objects. A live browser demo and GitHub repository are available, allowing users to draw ripples, move objects, and toggle gravity.

Fake GI System In Vehicle Combat Indie Game

Jussi Kemppainen, Lead VFX Artist at Remedy Games, shares how he implemented a lightweight fake global illumination system for his solo indie vehicle combat game Drivers of the Apocalypse. Since baked GI is impractical for a game where vehicles can be hijacked and traverse five different biomes, he built a rolling 16x16 grid of ambient light probes using spherical harmonics. The grid loops toroidally, meaning only newly wrapped probes need recalculating, making the solution nearly free in terms of performance cost.

This Train Accident Animation Has a Very Unexpected Ending

Artist Michał Mroszczak (ultek) shared a Blender train accident animation with a surprising twist — the train gets destroyed instead of the truck. The artist noted motion blur limitations caused some parts to glitch and rotate unexpectedly during simulation. The assets used are from an upcoming sandbox FPS game the artist is developing.

Unreal Engine's Role In Animation Of The Wingfeather Saga

Chuyển đổi từ pipeline dựa trên Maya sang Unreal Engine 5 theo thời gian thực đã giúp loạt phim hoạt hình The Wingfeather Saga tăng gấp đôi tỷ lệ chỉnh sửa animation (từ 4% lên 10%) mà không tốn thêm chi phí, đồng thời giảm khoảng 50% chi phí sản xuất nhờ các công cụ Blueprint tùy chỉnh, Control Rig, Sequencer và shader NPR theo thời gian thực.

Là người phát triển game hoặc làm animation, bạn nên đọc bài này để hiểu cách chuyển đổi từ pipeline truyền thống sang Unreal Engine 5 không chỉ tiết kiệm chi phí mà còn nâng cao hiệu suất và linh hoạt trong việc tạo ra những hiệu ứng nghệ thuật độc đáo với chi phí thấp.

Check Out These Free Crowd Reaction Mocap Animations

Anderson Rohr has released his June free mocap animation pack, featuring approximately 6 minutes of crowd reaction animations across 22 clips. The pack supports three skeletons: Rokoko Default, Reallusion iClone, and Manny for Unreal Engine 5. Animations cover actions like clapping, cheering, swaying, posing, and texting, suitable for games, cinematics, VFX, and other 3D projects. The pack is available for free on Gumroad.

Create Seamless Textures From Photos Taken At Any Perspective

Seamlessifier is a new Windows tool by developer Puck that extracts textures from photos taken at any angle and converts them into seamless textures for use on 3D models. It features polygon-based selection, real-time preview, multiple seamless generation methods (Smoothed Collage, Scattered Edges), seam blending, detail restoration, contrast/lighting adjustment, and texture atlas export. The tool also supports pixel-art workflows and built-in perspective correction. Some workflows are still experimental, and texture atlas packing isn't fully automated. Currently Windows-only, with a macOS version expected soon. It's available at 50% off on itch.io.