[TechArt]Tools & Plugins Collections for Art Making

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Stock Footage

The best stock footage for visual effects
https://www.actionvfx.com/

Comprehensive

Procedural Content Creation Tools for Film, TV and Gamedev
https://www.sidefx.com/

USD(Universal Scene Description)
https://graphics.pixar.com/usd/docs/index.html

Smart tools for VFX and 3D artists
https://www.keentools.io/

Clarisse has been designed to streamline the workflow of CG artists to let them work and constantly interact on their final image with full effects on. Clarisse, is specialized in the creation of and assembly of immense environments, look development, lighting and rendering. Discover now the Clarisse you want to use.
https://www.isotropix.com/products
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCQhnVl-xrI

Compositing

Art of the Cut: Behind the Scenes of “Dune” with Editor Joe Walker, ACE
https://blog.frame.io/2021/10/27/art-of-the-cut-dune-joe-walker/

Maya & 3DMax

FumeFX
https://www.afterworks.com/FumeFXMaya.asp

umeFX to UE4 Tutorial: Smoke/Grenade effect using flipbooks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKbgMxLiRJM

HairStrips Creator V1.0 for Maya
https://gumroad.com/l/HairStripsCreatorMaya

Artist-friendly dynamics simulator that seamlessly integrates with Autodesk Maya and V-Ray.
https://www.chaosgroup.com/phoenix-fd/maya

Animation

3D animation software for physics-based character animation (Recommended)
https://cascadeur.com/
Cascadeur: Physics-Based Character Animation
https://80.lv/articles/cascadeur-physics-based-character-animation/

The artist’s software for animation drawing and painting.
https://www.clipstudio.net

akeytsu
The dedicated animation toolset bringing creativity back into your workflow. Designed by and for animators, akeytsu is the most accessible and effective rigging and animation software to breath life into your 3D characters.
https://www.nukeygara.com/
https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/slug/akeytsu

Depth-Aware Video Frame Interpolation (CVPR 2019)
https://github.com/baowenbo/DAIN
https://grisk.itch.io/dain-app

Easy Sketch Pose. Pose characters and static objects in the 3D layer and draw in 2D over the posed character with easy to use controls and features. Setup complex 3d scenes with full lighting and different visual looks. Output out layers as seperate PNG files for use in other art packages for fast workflow.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1810590/Easy_Sketch_Pose/

DEMoCap allows to do Motion Capture using VR equipment for example for Game Development.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1939210/DEMoCap_Dragengine_Motion_Capture/

MotionMuse is a powerful yet easy to use toolset for creating & editing 3D character animations. This includes animation transfer, spline based motion-editing, fast IK solver, sketching for easy posing, image overlays, curve editor and more, to help quickly and easily bring your characters to life.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1837020/MotionMuse/

Reallusion is a leader in the development of 3D cinematic animation and 2D cartoon softwares for consumers, students and professionals.
https://www.reallusion.com/

Modeling

KenShape allows you to draw 2D pixel art using various shapes, then set the depth for each pixel and generate extruded 3D models!!
https://tools.kenney.nl/kenshape/

Motion Capture

Xsens MVN Animate: Motion Capture Software Overview
https://80.lv/articles/xsens-mvn-animate-motion-capture-software-overview/

Photoshop

3D Map Generator - Atlas - From Heightmap to real 3D map
https://graphicriver.net/item/3d-map-generator-atlas-from-heightmap-to-real-3d-map/22277498

Perspective Tools v2 (from Photoshop CS6 to the newest)
https://gumroad.com/l/MESl

Painting

The artist’s software for animation drawing and painting.
https://www.clipstudio.net

3D Painting

ArmorPaint is a software for 3D PBR texture painting
https://github.com/armory3d/armorpaint

“Bring your paintings to animated life.”
https://ebsynth.com/

VFX

B3D Plugin: ClothFX v4
https://gumroad.com/l/iHFuk

REAL-TIME PROCEDURAL VECTOR FIELD GENERATION
https://jangafx.com/software/vectoraygen/

Physical VFX authoring tool for Unity using the Leap Motion
https://github.com/imgspc/VFX-Theremin

Create Amazing Motion Graphics and Interactive VFX in Real-Time
https://www.notch.one/

After Effects

PixelsWorld is a creative coding plugin for After Effects plugin where you can run Processing-like code to build anything your mind desires.
https://aescripts.com/pixelsworld/

Post Processing

Everything you need to create stunning videos
https://motionarray.com/

Fluid & Smoke

Real-time volumetric fluid simulations for games and film
https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/

Terrain & Landscape

Gaea is the industry’s leading terrain design application for VFX, games, and virtual production. (Recommended)
https://quadspinner.com/gaea2/

Design beautiful maps with Mapbox Studio (Recommended)
https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-studio

Generate, design, blend, mix, paint & sculpt, erode and simulate in real-time.
https://www.world-creator.com/

Create Stunning Landscapes, Terrains, and Planets, in Real-time.
https://jangafx.com/software/geogen/

Grand Designer
https://store.steampowered.com/app/372590/Grand_Designer/

Gaea is the industry’s most loved terrain design application for VFX, games, and virtual production.
https://quadspinner.com/

UI

Build Your Ajax Loading Icons with SVG / CSS / GIF / APNG !
https://loading.io/

iconfinder
https://www.iconfinder.com

Vector Graphics & Generative Art

A web interface to create custom vector-based visualizations on top of RAWGraphs core.
https://rawgraphs.io/
https://github.com/rawgraphs/rawgraphs-app

Creative Coding: Generative Art, Data visualization, Interaction Design, Resources.
https://github.com/terkelg/awesome-creative-coding

A small set of Python functions to draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data. Based on osmnx, matplotlib and shapely libraries.
https://github.com/marceloprates/prettymaps

Generate high-quality triangulated and polygonal art from images.
https://github.com/RH12503/triangula

Generative art in Common Lisp
https://inconvergent.net/
https://github.com/inconvergent/weird

Textures

Texture Convert (Normal, Height)

Normalizer is a simple but powerful tool for texture manipulation and conversion, available for free!
https://beta.friendlyshade.com/normalizer

UV Tools

TexTools is a UV and Texture tool set for 3dsMax created several years ago. This open repository will port in time several of the UV tools to Blender in python.
https://github.com/SavMartin/TexTools-Blender

Materials

Ultimate Trim Generator: Substance Designer/Painter
https://gumroad.com/l/ByFF

Cloud

StratusCore is a platform that gives you instant access to digital content creation tools and software in the cloud that are available for free trial or for rent by the hour.
https://www.stratuscore.com/

Misc

App Manager

The Maxon App manages the installation, licensing, upgrading, and updating of your Maxon products.
https://www.maxon.net/

Tutorials

Comprehensive Tutorials (Collections)

High End CG Workshops
https://rebelway.net/

Everything you need to get started in VFX and CGI. Doublejump Academy, crafted by and for VFX artists, boosts your journey with our skilljump curriculum—hands-on, industry-aligned, and community-driven for real-world success.
https://www.doublejumpacademy.com/

Extensive Blender courses for professional and passionate CG artists. (Recommended)
https://www.p2design-academy.com/

Houdini & Nuke courses, tutorials and project files.
https://voxyde.com/

Animation Tutorials

The Animation of Guilty Gear Xrd & Dragon Ball FighterZ - New Frame Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZsboyfs-L4

Lighting Tutorials

Fundamentals of Arnold for Maya
https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/arnold-maya-fundamentals

General Pipeline and Lighting Study: Video Games vs. VFX Commercial
https://80.lv/articles/general-pipeline-and-lighting-study-video-games-vs-vfx-commercial/

Landscape Tutorials

Animated Environment creation made easy (FOR VFX AND CINEMATICS)
https://www.damienpeinoit.com/archclass/

MASTERING ENVIRONMENT CREATION IN HOUDINI
https://www.rebelway.net/mastering-environment

Master 3D Environments in Blender. Learn how to create epic large-scale environments using free tools only.
https://www.cgboost.com/courses/master-3d-environments-in-blender

VFX Tutorials

(Blender) Realtime Procedural Knitting Effect (V1 and V2)
https://gumroad.com/l/xKlNI

VFX Texture Tutorials

Visual Effects Summit: How to (Not) Create Textures for VFX - GDC 2022 (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaNDezgsg4M

UE4 Tech Art Tutorials

Tech Art with Chris Murphy | Live from HQ | Inside Unreal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqatEfc5w5I

The Visual Technology of Gears 5 | Unreal Dev Days 2019 | Unreal Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3rSV-IJ20

How I get UNREAL ENGINE to look like a movie | FULL BREAKDOWN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdtTthV_sXI

PATH TRACER Explained - Unreal Engine’s Underrated Tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5zVhc5ahl0
William Faucher (Recommended)
https://www.youtube.com/c/WilliamFaucher/

CREATE AN UNREAL ENGINE SHORT FILM, A 10-PART EXAMINATION OF WHAT IT TAKES TO CREATE A REAL-TIME SHORT FILM
https://www.rebelway.net/unreal-engine-short-film-lessons-videos

Hair & Fur Tutorials

《XGEN毛发宝典》-黄惠峰次世代与影视写实毛发系统教学
https://www.yiihuu.com/a_6622.html

Realistic CG Eye Tutorials

Making a Realistic CG Eye in Maya and V-Ray
https://80.lv/articles/making-a-realistic-cg-eye-in-maya-and-v-ray/

AAA Rocks Tutorials

AAA Rocks for Games - RGB Masked Workflow Tutorial
https://gumroad.com/l/bqPMS

Tutorials for Landscape & Scene

Mixer(Megascan) in Landscape Tutorials

Create a Post-Apocalyptic Road in UE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJuiSERx_AI
Post-Apocalyptic Road in UE4 - Extended Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u8NDB_a5V0

Cyberpunk Street in UE4 - Extended Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVyXGmgb9lk

Create Silent Hill in UE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuu0tfLl94Q

Forest Road in UE4 - Live Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr7sKQ2gbNU

Create Halo’s Blood Gulch in UE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-4VmN18Nkc

Blender in Landscape Tutorials

Procedural Landscapes in Blender 2.80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrMee2gcS20

Procedural Landscapes in Blender
https://gumroad.com/l/dayla

Brushify in Landscape Tutorials

Brushify Bootcamp - Custom Paint Layers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cewUcdO89J8

After Effects Tutorials

2D Trails

How to make Awesome Looking 2D FX Animations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O40ef746X4w

Studios

Digital Asset Creation

studio 727
http://www.727.sk/

Visual Effect

Blur Studio is an American-based production company which specialises in visual effects, animation and design.
http://blur.com/

We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects, animation and stereo conversion companies for feature film and television.
https://www.dneg.com/

London-based design and motion studio.
https://www.mnfst.studio/

Design & Motion Co. — London & Los Angeles
https://mvsm.com/

TechArtist

Tech Artist at Epic Games
https://twitter.com/Vuthric

Founder of http://tuataragames.com, VFX artist, game developer, made @LetThemCome
https://twitter.com/klemen_lozar

Iiro Kivistö
https://www.thebrainextension.com/

英雄之所以是英雄，是他不知道有一个阴谋在他身后。——张锐锋《古战场》