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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Get a job in visual effects, earn just $8 an hour
Minimum-wage VFX job located in Longwood, Florida. Guess what? It's in dimensionalising stereo footage.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
Next Limit updates Maxwell Render plug-ins
3ds Max, Maya, Softimage and LightWave plug-ins all now compatible with Maxwell Fire interactive renderer.
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
The five miserable jobs that make VFX possible
Neither roto nor matchmove work voted #1, amazingly enough. Disclaimer: humour ahead.
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Video: infamous SketchUp shadow bug finally fixed
It's taken the software development team ten years, and bless them, they're a little bit excited about it.
Monday, January 17th, 2011
You Gotta See This! New iPhone panorama app
Cheap, fun and brought to you by the 'I Can't Believe It's Not Butter' school of product naming.
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Autodesk to hold webcasts on future of 3ds Max
Sign up for one of three free 'webinars' on the ongoing Project Excalibur under-the-hood rewrite.
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Cinesite calls for applicants to 2011 internship scheme
Got experience with Maya, Houdini, Nuke or Shake? Get your foot on the VFX career ladder here.
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Eye candy: apocalyptic new Battle: Los Angeles trailer
Check out the latest on the movie for which the phrase 'surprisingly awesome' was probably invented.
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Ten practical tips to help you get more CG done today
VFX supervisor Allan McKay provides his proven productivity tips. (And actually, more than ten of them.)
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Eye candy: see the five shorts up for VES Awards
Pixar and Disney's latest go up against the 3D Wile E Coyote, arthouse Polish work and offbeat anime Cat Shit One.
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Artbeats adds S3D footage to royalty-free library
Check out the new stereoscopic section of the site and download a free test clip usually sold for $699.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Free ZBrush resources: new PDF guide and male figure
Starter guide courtesy of Pixologic; updated athletic male figure courtesy of artist Nick Zuccarello.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011