Eye candy: ILM's epic Avengers shot breakdown
Updated: Watch breakdowns of the movie's most memorable VFX shots - now including the creation of Hulk.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
CG Theatre
Eye candy: Exodus
Cool glows rule supreme in Magnus Östergren's unique freeform short, created with After Effects' Mir plugin.
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
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
Eye candy: Platige Image's Catzilla benchmark short
Updated: Test your workstation and watch a giant animated cat nuke cities with its laser eyes as you do.
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Eye candy: Juan Gonzalez's Mandelbulb animation
See what the Arnold renderer can do even outside big VFX studios with this 250-million-particle 3D fractal.
Monday, January 7th, 2013
Eye candy: Animal Logic's new Coca-Cola short
Directed by Kung Fu Panda's John Stevenson and produced by Ridley Scott, it's Happy Feet, but with bears.
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Video demo: Square Enix's Luminous Studio editor
Updated 20 December: Watch two new videos of real-time edits to the Agni's Philosophy next-gen demo.
Thursday, December 20th, 2012
Eye candy: Blur Studio's gritty Dark Souls II trailer
Cinematics specialist creates bleakly atmospheric environments for the masochistically difficult RPG.
Monday, December 17th, 2012
Eye candy: behind the scenes on The Hobbit
Get one last making-of fix with Peter Jackson and the post-production team before the movie opens.
Wednesday, December 12th, 2012
Eye candy: Tempo
Time flies like a digitally enhanced arrow in this fun short showcasing Red Giant Software's effects tools.
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012
Eye candy: Star Trek Into Darkness first trailer
Go where no viewer has gone before with the tantalising first trailer for Paramount's Star Trek sequel.
Thursday, December 6th, 2012