Five great VFX spots from Super Bowl 2013
Discover how the effects for our own fave five ads and teasers from Sunday's big game were created.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
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SilhouetteFX ships Silhouette V5
Big update to roto app adds cool Auto Paint system, ability to use IK with roto shapes, new S3D add-on.
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Can raytracing really kill raster graphics?
Imagination Technologies thinks so. We explore why its new raytracing cards could change how you work.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Eye candy: L.A. Noire's blooper reel
Goofs, fluffs and flubs from the facial capture sessions get put through the game engine. Hilarity ensues.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Rhythm & Hues in cash crunch, TheWrap reports
Oscar-winning VFX house to take "emergency capital infusion" from major studios, says trade press.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Sketchfab offers unlimited online 3D model sharing
Updated: WebGL-based model viewing service now offers unlimited 50MB uploads on free accounts.
Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Maxon posts epic 200-part Cinema 4D video series
Dr. Sassi's JET Production Notes videos to be released on Cineversity between now and 18 March.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
MindBomb releases Gfx Hotkeys 3.0
Updated: new free Lite edition of the iOS app lists keyboard shortcuts for key 3D, VFX and graphics packages.
Monday, February 4th, 2013
Isotropix releases Mac edition of Clarisse iFX
Windows and Linux users get an updated PLE edition of the 2D/3D tool, plus over 20 new tutorials.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Martin Wengenmayer releases Cheetah3D 6.2
Free update to the low-cost Mac-only 3D app adds ABF UV unwrapping, better ring and loop selection tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
e-on software releases Carbon Scatter 2
Updated: New trial version available of the vegetation instancing plugin for 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
NewTek begins shipping LightWave 11.5
Well-received update adds Genoma rigging system, better After Effects interoperability, nice modelling tools.
Friday, February 1st, 2013
Eye candy: Disney's Paperman VFX breakdown
Updated: See the whole of Disney's charming fake-2D short here, along with a detailed making-of video.
Thursday, January 31st, 2013