Gianluca Scattarella — BlogNotes on 3D and AI, and on the things that feed the work — games, manga, film and collecting.https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/enMeta just put a 30B model on a desktop GPU, and gave it awayhttps://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/meta-put-a-30b-model-on-your-desktop/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/meta-put-a-30b-model-on-your-desktop/Muse Glimmer runs offline on one consumer card, the weights are Apache 2.0, and nothing you type leaves your machine. That last part matters more than the benchmarks.Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechUnreal Engine 6 is real. Don't panic, and don't stop learning UE5.https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/unreal-engine-6-dont-panic/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/unreal-engine-6-dont-panic/Epic showed UE6 at Unreal Fest, Verse is becoming the gameplay language, and half the internet decided C++ is dead. It isn't, and Early Access is still over a year away.Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamesYour next GPU costs as much as a used car, and here is whyhttps://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/why-gpus-cost-so-much-right-now/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/why-gpus-cost-so-much-right-now/An RTX 5090 launched at 1,999 dollars. Nvidia's own store is asking 4,929 for it today. The reason has almost nothing to do with gaming.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechBlender 5.2 LTS is out. Here is what actually changed.https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/blender-5-2-lts-what-changed/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/blender-5-2-lts-what-changed/Two years of support, ACES colour management built in, and a compositor that finally got rebuilt. If you have been sitting on 4.x waiting for a reason, this is it.Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT3DAugust is a quiet month. Three games are worth your time anyway.https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/august-2026-games-worth-your-time/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/august-2026-games-worth-your-time/The autumn avalanche hasn't started yet, which makes this the one month you can actually finish something. Game Freak went weird, Metal Gear got a box set, and the goose people came back.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGamesWhy I record everything at 1xhttps://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/why-i-record-at-1x/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/why-i-record-at-1x/Timelapses look impressive and teach almost nothing. Here is why the slow version is the one worth keeping.Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT3DWhere AI actually fits in a 3D pipelinehttps://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/ai-in-a-3d-pipeline/https://www.gianlucascattarella.it/blog/ai-in-a-3d-pipeline/Not concept-to-final-render. The useful places are smaller, less glamorous, and they compound.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI