The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
See Moonbot Studios' Oscar-nominated short in full, and watch making-of videos of its creation.
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Watch the making of ILM's visual effects for Red Tails
See three videos on the studio's work on the George Lucas-produced World War II air combat flick.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Thinkbox releases XMesh
Developer releases new animated geometry caching system for 3ds Max; Maya and Softimage to come.
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
CoreCG ships MentalCore rendering plugin for Maya
Updated: shading and lighting tool now officially shipping and updated for improved Maya Hair support.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Exocortex releases Species rigging plugin for Softimage
Blend stock body types to create a base mesh, then apply a rig created by Animal Logic's Eric Thivierge.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Pixologic ships ZBrush 4R2b
Developer releases free ZBrush update and announces upcoming QRemesher retopology add-on.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Interview: Avatar mocap producer James Knight
The man who put the moves into James Cameron's masterpiece reveals how he brought planet Pandora to life.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Indie animations beat Pixar to 2012 Oscar shortlist
A Cat in Paris and Chico and Rita squeeze out Cars 2 and Tintin from the best animated feature line-up.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Allegorithmic releases Substance Designer 2.1
Parametric texture-authoring tool gets updated layer stack, improved SVG tools and revamped website.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
The making of Origami Digital's VFX for Bunraku
The LA studio discusses its inventive visuals for the Eastern-inspired Josh Hartnett crime thriller.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Tilt Firefox add-on turns webpages into 3D models
Updated: see the CG Channel homepage as a 3D model, courtesy of this quirky OBJ export plugin.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Eye candy: Archetype
Watch legendary creature designer Aaron Sims' dark science-fiction short online in its entirety.
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Pixar launches RenderMan On Demand online service
Take the strain off your render farm by uploading RenderMan rendering jobs to the cloud.
Friday, January 20th, 2012