Iray Nitro: see Iray+ running on 260 Nvidia GPUs
New Lightworks video hints at near-instant results possible with cloud-based GPU rendering pipelines.
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
The Leap Motion: control Maya by waving at your screen
Early users say both the Kinect-like controller and its Maya app are potentially powerful, if still frustrating.
Wednesday, August 14th, 2013
Eye candy: the 2013 Maxwell Render demo reel
The focus is on animation, not ultra-realistic still images, but Next Limit's new reel remains a thing of beauty.
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
Basefount releases Miarmy 2.5
Maya crowd-simulation system gets option to scale crowd agents dynamically, new auto-avoid option.
Friday, August 9th, 2013
Autodesk Labs releases Project Memento
Free tech preview provides simple, semi-automatic tools to clean up laser scan and photogrammetry data.
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
Krita 2.7 released
Open-source paint app continues to evolve in CG-friendly directions with new Offset tool for tileable textures.
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Discover the 15 greatest effects shots of all time
As picked by a panel of leading VFX sups contacted by Empire magazine. Will you agree with their choices?
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
The best new software from Siggraph 2013
Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013
Eye candy: Platige creates tiny talking tiger as energy drink ad
Cult Polish studio's new spot recasts Life of Pi as not-so-safe sex advice for twentysomething party animals.
Monday, August 5th, 2013
Videos: destruction FX with Particle Flow in 3ds Max 2014
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of free training on particle-based destruction and fluid effects.
Monday, August 5th, 2013
Eye candy: Atomic Fiction's new showreel
See nice breakdowns of shots from Star Trek Into Darkness from the rising stars of the VFX world.
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
Massive Software unveils Massive 6.0, Massive for Maya
Crowd-simulation system to get new UI, support for Bullet physics - and a new dedicated Maya edition.
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
VFX breakdown: Moo Studios' new Blue Moon spot
VFX supervisor Sebastiano D'Aprile explains how 'Brewmaster's Inspiration' blends stop-motion and painterly CG.
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013