Greyscalegorilla

Add interest through contrast.
That’s the move.
Not brighter. Not busier. Just sharper shadows, subtle gobos, and a little space for the light to breathe.

Catch the full video 👉 buff.ly/HbgQlMI

Pro tip: Don’t just render the product. Render the unboxing.

Mix and match Polystyrene with the Packaging models and materials in Plus to make your scene the full package.

Notice the natural highlights, color shifts, and glaze pooling at the edges? Looks real (because it is).

Our ceramic materials were handmade by Ceremony, a Vegas-based ceramic studio.

Pro tip: pair with a studio HDRI & a softbox rim light. No need to overlight. Let the surface do the heavy lifting

A little fuzzy on how to render felt? Chad’s got a quick tip to bring those fibers to life using our Felt Materials in Redshift.

Watch it now on YouTube: buff.ly/oIXkQwl

Don’t let your renders look flat.

Dial in displacement and get that thumbprint-perfect clay finish, fast. We show you how in the full breakdown.
👉 greyscalegorilla.com/blog/clay-fa...

The Studio love has been real 🥰

We asked you to share your favorite features and you delivered...

🗣️ Studio makes sharing across software easy. No UVs is a bonus!
🗣️ Send w/ Triplanar takes the cake!
🗣️ The Randomizer is, without a doubt, the best 👊
🗣️ Smart Send because there's no manual hassle!

Bust out a clay render in minutes…Real materials, easy lighting, and no keyframes (thanks to Signal).

See how we built it step-by-step.
👉 buff.ly/7Y99Tmh

Recipe for the perfect glass render:
Model → Lighting → Glass shader. All in Studio. Mix responsibly.

Parachutes. Survival gear. Keychains. Paracord was built to be useful.

These materials? Same deal.

Full-screen Redshift IPR = better look dev. Hit Control + Tab in Cinema 4D. That's it!

Watch the full video for the full setup. Plus members, grab the free scene file and try it out! Link in bio.

👉 greyscalegorilla.com/blog/ditch-r...

Studio HDRIs are your best friend for product shots. But don’t just slap one in - rotate it until the reflections actually enhance the product.

Still fighting tiny IPR windows? This full-screen setup in Redshift makes material and lighting tweaks way less painful.

Watch the full video to follow along as Nick walks you through the setup (and if you’re a Plus member, you can grab the scene file and try it yourself).

👉 buff.ly/Qxs1ci3

It’s July. Clients are quiet. Half the team’s OOO.

Perfect time to mess around.
Open Studio. Grab something random. Try something crazy.

What are you experimenting with this summer?

Clean materials = fake renders. Add fingerprints, dust, and scratches.

Photoreal plastic (No cheat codes required 😜)

Struggle to make bubbles look realistic? The key to achieving great-looking bubbles is simple: emulate reality. Bubbles are tiny pockets of air. Reverse the normals of your bubble geometry & apply an “air” material that is fully transparent with an IOR of 1.0. Let the render engine handle the rest!

Good materials are nothing without good lighting. Even gold looks cheap in bad light.

These molded plastics have been making the rounds in our renders lately. We’ve been loving the subtle sheens and embossed details for quick, photoreal product looks.

Even good workflows have rough edges. These 7 real-world 3D tips smooth them out.

Try one. Try them all. Just don’t keep working the hard way.

👉 buff.ly/8NJQHzf

Liquid look. Solid results. These materials just work.

We love a good naming convention…

So we built Plus Renamer to clean up our own production scenes. Now it’s yours.

✔ Batch rename anything
✔ Match & Replace
✔ Smart Tokens

Try it now. Your scenes will thank you.
👉 greyscalegorilla.com/plugins/rena...

Glass Quick Tip: Transmission Depth controls how far light travels through transparent materials. Higher values mean lighter, more translucent. Lower values mean darker, denser. Just keep in mind this setting depends on your scene units. Working at real-world scale makes a big difference.

Just like your favorite cocktail, these new materials mix perfectly.

Our glass models, glass materials, and liquids are all built to work together right out of the box.

Available now, only in Studio. Cheers to seamless workflows.

Having fun testing our new liquid materials on a nice viscous sim from Houdini.

Raise your hand if you’ve clicked the new Asset Randomizer and found a material you didn’t even know we made. 🙋

It's like creative roulette…but you win every time!

Got a junk drawer? Full of random things you’ve kept forever, just in case.

That’s Doodads. Always there when your scene needs that one unexpected object.

Random pieces. Full of potential.

We can't let Apple have all the fun! We just dropped our own Liquid and Glass, exclusively in Studio!

Check it out 👇
buff.ly/3CLK1t1

🚨 New Studio Drop!
A full-stack solution for rendering realistic glass and liquids.

🥃 40 glass models
💧 45 liquid materials
🔮 74 glass materials

Exclusively in Studio. Don't forget to update Studio and your connector to get your new assets!

Get all the details → buff.ly/3CLK1t1

Good lighting is about contrast. No contrast, no drama. No drama, no fun.

When your render calls for playful AND photoreal. Color Washed Pine delivers natural texture with a colorful twist. Perfect for props, abstract scenes, or modern interiors.