8-Bit is back! You’ve probably noticed the growing popularity of this retro style. We’ve seen it in titles and openers, logo animations, indie games, VFX Shorts and many more. Let’s take a look at how to achieve this style. We’ll be using After Effects but if you’re a Hitfilm User you can find an awesome […]
What is the ACES workflow? ACES. It’s a simple term, with plenty of difficult-to-grasp concepts behind it. Nevertheless, let’s take a step forward with an entry-level explanation of what ACES is: ACES, or Academy Color Encoding System is considered to be the ‘industry standard’ for colour. Think of standardised traffic laws but for colours instead! ACES […]
Download free space HDRI images for your 3D VFX project here. ProductionCrate has released an incredible bundle of 100 space and atmosphere HDRIs for you to use in your 3D digital art and VFX. 10 of these are available to download for free today, and only require you to sign up for a free ProductionCrate […]
Download a free Light Wrap plugin for Adobe After Effects here ProductionCrate has released a free light wrap plugin for Adobe After Effects! It is available to download now. Crate’s Light Wrap fixes one of the biggest obstacles any VFX artist faces, how to cleanly and easily composite in After Effects. We made it specifically […]
Download 4K Spark VFX assets here. ProductionCrate has updated its VFX asset library, with over 250 spark effects now available to download and use in any personal or commercial project. The addition of sparks in explosions, bullet impacts and crashing cars undeniably intensifies the visual spectacle of an action sequence. Blazing trails of burning hot […]
We have over 10,000 assets on ProductionCrate. That’s a lot of awesome content to dig through. We do our best to keep everything organized and easy to find, but with the shear volume of content to search you may still have to do a little extra hunting to find the exact asset you need. Well, […]
Download Space and Nebula VFX assets here. Space scenes are the highlights of sci-fi movies, and following the success of films such as Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars, we want to help you build your very own interstellar wonders! We’ve just released an incredible bundle of 50 nebula matte-painting assets. These have all […]