Entries by Chris Kelly

VFX Artists: Self Teach or Online Education?

We have half a dozen VFX artists working at ProductionCrate, with our education ranging from completely self-taught to entirely curriculum based. For new and prospective VFX artists, there eventually comes a time in your educational journey to choose between taking online classes, or to be entirely self-taught. Our artists are very familiar with this fork […]

Download new Magic VFX

In our latest Monthly Crate Update, Niko shows off all the latest content you can access with your membership!   Find Magic Cloak Animations Here Scarlet Witch inspired Magic Here Raven and Crow Effects 3D Spaceships and enter the next VFX Contest Here: https://contests.productioncrate.com/

Download Free 3D Spaceship Models

We have 5 new 3D Spaceship models available for download. Get these models for free to use in your projects. These can be instanced hundreds of times to fill an entire futuristic night sky, or scattered around a newly terraformed planet. To provide more flexibility and creativity, we’re including 2 different skins for each of […]

Free 3D Facial Expression Blendshapes Pack

We recently discovered this treasure trove of free Facial Blendshapes provided by the Institute for Creative Technology at USC. This pack has over 150 facial blendshapes and is released under the MIT license. The pack will help  you to create completely customizable characters with their amazing presets. Mike Smith, a 3d and  VFX Artist at […]

Download Free 3D Models for VFX Artists

We released our biggest 3D Pack ever, the Modular Kingdom Pack. Download this Free 3D Collection of castle, buildings, walls and structures to use in your Visual Effects and filmmaking projects. RenderCrate  is a library full of free and Pro 3D models that you can download. Anything not marked with a star is 100% free! […]

Download 3D Monster Effects

Mike the Monster Making Machine has been busy! He’s made you several new 3D models to download and use in your projects. All 3 of these creepy creatures are Mixamo compatible for some animating. Let me introduce you to your new friends. First off is the Wolfman! He’s around 6’2, 315lbs, and likes long walks […]

Make and Download Magic VFX Assets

Our Magic VFX assets are one of the most downloaded, most requested and most seen categories. We always get asked how we made them, and decided to finally show off some of our tricks! Since we were revisiting these effects, we decided to add 60 new Magic Impact and Block VFX assets.  Take a few […]

30 Free Bass Drop Sound Effects

Bass drops are one of the greatest tools in your audio arsenal. The low, core shaking tones are perfect when you need emphasis in your scene. Whether you’re making an epic title intro or pummeling a villain, try a bass drop. You won’t be disappointed. We’ve added 30 Free Bass Drop Sound Effects.  We have […]