Watch five great VES Award-winning student shorts
It's five wins in a row for Germany's Filmakademie. See them all here, including 2014 winner Rugbybugs.
Friday, February 14th, 2014
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Eye candy: Kometh
Discover the alien life pulsating at the heart of a comet in Erik Ferguson's unnerving Houdini short.
Thursday, February 13th, 2014
Eye candy: the Gnomon School 2014 Student Reel
Watch a ten-minute compilation of the best new work created at the top American CG school.
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
The reasons Blender 2.7 will have a tabbed interface
Hear UI team leader Jonathan Williamson discuss the thinking behind the contentious new Tabs UI.
Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Get Godot: like Unity, but open source
Mobile and PC developer Okam Studio releases its multi-platform in-house engine via a MIT licence.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
Eye candy: A la Française
Now available in full, the Siggraph 2013 grand prize winner is one of the best shorts you'll see this year.
Tuesday, February 11th, 2014
VFX Screens for iOS speeds up screen replacement
Neat little free app displays tracking markers for touch and swipe events on your iPad to speed up VFX work.
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Eye candy: Decepticon Truck Crawl
Watch Digital Domain animator Kiel Figgins' ace Transformers homage, then check out the VFX breakdowns.
Monday, February 10th, 2014
Eye candy: Whiskytree's ultra-detailed Elysium VFX
Watch a breakdown showing the CG space station's "trillions of surfaces" - all created on prosumer hardware.
Friday, February 7th, 2014
How to use 3ds Max on a Mac, or Maya on a tablet
Cory Mogk's step-by-step guide shows you how to run Autodesk software via the Amazon EC2 cloud.
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Ex-Ubisoft devs intend to recreate entire world in 3D
Pixyul aims to use aerial drones to recreate earth "one square kilometre at a time" for online RPG ReROLL.
Thursday, February 6th, 2014
Q&A: ace mech creator Fausto de Martini
Blizzard's former 3D art director tells us about his move to movies, and his tips for faster design in 3ds Max.
Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max
It's out of beta! Read more about version 3.0's render speed boosts, new features, and new pricing here.
Tuesday, February 4th, 2014