The Foundry releases HieroPlayer
New lightweight VFX review and playback tool is designed to work seamlessly with Nuke and Hiero.
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Crytek TD updates open source Maya rigging toolkit
Mark Jackson's Red9 Studio Pack brings big-studio pipeline tools to small studios without R&D teams.
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
Blizzard's new StarCraft II teaser is epic in every way
Latest cinematic packs in more aliens and space marines than you could shake a wrist cannon at.
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
RandomControl previews relighting in Arion 2.4
Physically based hybrid CPU/GPU renderer to export new 'LightMixer' layers without raising render times.
Monday, January 21st, 2013
Eye candy: Platige Image's Cyberpunk 2077 teaser
Updated: see some lovely making-of stills from the Blade Runner-esque trailer for the upcoming sci-fi RPG.
Monday, January 21st, 2013
Eye candy: Exodus
Cool glows rule supreme in Magnus Östergren's unique freeform short, created with After Effects' Mir plugin.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Brent Forrest releases BoolieMan rig for Maya
Nifty Boolean-based rig mimics the look and motion of a claymation character, in all its wobbliness.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Eye candy: R'ha
It's aliens vs Skynet in Kaleb Lechowski's incredible one-man short, created in seven months in Blender and Maya.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Nine shorts that will make amazing VFX movies
Watch i09's run-down of indie shorts slated to become complete features, from Archetype to True Skin.
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Katana and mocha creators win technical Oscars
Other Sci-Tech Academy Awards go to Weta, DreamWorks and the tech behind Blender's smoke system.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Eye candy: Lux Aeterna
Cristóbal Vila's beautiful short, created in modo and Cinema 4D, journeys from distant galaxies to droplets of water.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
Anzovin Studio demos Anzovin Rig Tools for Maya
Updated: Pricing and release date (kind of) set for neat rigging plugin. Pledge your support via IndieGoGo.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Video tutorial: Blow stuff up in 3ds Max
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of new video training on creating believable destruction.
Monday, January 14th, 2013