FMX 2012: The Hugo shot that nearly killed us
Off-the-cuff decisions during previz can come back to haunt you later, warns VFX supervisor Rob Legato.
Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Event Coverage
FMX 2012: We could remake 300 in real time now
Our revolutionary real-time TV pipeline could shake up movies too, says Zoic Studios' Loni Peristere.
Friday, May 11th, 2012
GDC 2012: Autodesk signs Nintendo licensing deal
Middleware tools Kynapse, Scaleform and HumanIK all soon coming to games on a Wii near U.
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Hugo, Rango triumph at the 2012 Academy Awards
Read making-of articles about them and winning short The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore.
Tuesday, February 28th, 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
Tintin battles Harry Potter for this year's VES Awards
Transformers, Rango and Boardwalk Empire also feature heavily in the 2012 nominees, announced today.
Monday, January 9th, 2012
Eye candy: Dark Souls complete prologue movie
Four minutes of Gothic gloom, punctuated by lovely-looking CG work. One to watch on fast forward.
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Cebas demos finalRender 4GPU
User footage from the expo floor shows GPU acceleration in action in the upcoming 3ds Max renderer.
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: watch the five-minute rundown
All the highlights from the world's premier CG show, condensed into a handy coffee-break-sized info burst
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Mudbox's new Gigatexel engine
User video shows textures being painted in real time on a model with over 1,000 2k maps already applied.
Friday, August 12th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: see the new tools in Softimage 2012.5
Watch Autodesk's movies of the new modelling and simulation tools in the upcoming Advantage Pack update.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
Siggraph 2011: Imagination shows off Brazil 3.0 beta
Render engine returns from a string of buyouts rebuilt and repositioned as an SDK for interactive raytracing.
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011