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
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Eye candy: Exodus
Cool glows rule supreme in Magnus Östergren's unique freeform short, created with After Effects' Mir plugin.
Friday, January 18th, 2013
Brent Forrest releases BoolieMan rig for Maya
Nifty Boolean-based rig mimics the look and motion of a claymation character, in all its wobbliness.
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
Katana and mocha creators win technical Oscars
Other Sci-Tech Academy Awards go to Weta, DreamWorks and the tech behind Blender's smoke system.
Wednesday, January 16th, 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
Anzovin Studio demos Anzovin Rig Tools for Maya
Updated: Pricing and release date (kind of) set for neat rigging plugin. Pledge your support via IndieGoGo.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
Video tutorial: Blow stuff up in 3ds Max
Autodesk's Louis Marcoux posts an hour of new video training on creating believable destruction.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Autodesk to raise cost of upgrades for its software
If you're using one of the last three releases, at any rate. Some SRPs and maintenance prices also up.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Download Para 3d 2.9 free
Grab the latest version of Ali Torabi's plugin for designing complex parametric arrays in 3ds Max.
Monday, January 14th, 2013
Create a speed model this weekend and win $200
Recreate one of LEGO's Mindstorms EV3 robot kits, and you could win Sketchfab's first Sketchfast contest.
Friday, January 11th, 2013
Book review: Massive Black: Volume 2
The cover will scuff easily, but if you’re after a character-design-heavy art book, you need look no further.
Thursday, January 10th, 2013